If you want to understand what’s happening in the elections to determine the governor of Okinawa, read Jon Mitchell’s timely book “Why Are We in Okinawa? A History of Violence”

Japan is often described as a place where the nail that sticks up gets hammered down—but what about the nails that refuse to stay down? In this episode, we speak with scholars and journalists David...

(File photo) Smoke rises from the USS New Orleans at around 6:45 pm on August 20, 2025 near Katsuren-Heshikiya, Uruma City. (Reader-provided photograph)

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We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

Today 31 US bases sit on a landmass smaller than Rhode Island, and Okinawans remain Japan's poorest people. Why is this? And what is the US military actually doing there?

Here are some suggestions for your 2026 Book Bingo NW category: Eye-opening, selected by library staff at The Seattle Public Library. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in...

At the time of a large PFAS spill from a US Army fuel storage facility in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture, in June 2021, the military was already aware of contaminated water at the base – but a disposa...

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5年前、うるま市の米軍施設からPFAS（ピーファス）を含む汚染水が流出した事故で、米軍が、事前に汚染水の処分を計画していながら予算が確保されていなかったことが分かりました。その背景について環境汚染問題を…

Resistance to U.S. and Japanese militarism remains strong on Okinawa.

Resistance to U.S. and Japanese militarism remains strong on Okinawa.

“When the war ended, bombs were dumped or buried, and the troops walked away. For more than 80 years, Solomon Islanders have lived in fear that the ground might explode beneath them.” — Atakohu Middle...

“Why bother”, “Who cares”, “What’s the point.” These are the starting lines of the 2026 Peace and Goodwill Message produced by Welsh youth organization, the Urdd. Rendered as a 23-line poem, the messa...

Author Jon Mitchell’s new book offers some answers.

Join us for the release of the ground breaking report on how U.S. military impact on Hawaiʻis economic, environmental, strategic, and social conditions.

The UH-1Y from which the bag later dropped was photographed at the landing zone in Camp Hansen on 13 May 2025, the day of the accident. (DVIDS / USMC)

Shinya's Tsukamoto's 'Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?' is headed to Japanese cinemas.

Through conferences, films and publications, international scholars and journalists are building bridges with Okinawan communities and amplifying the voices of local residents.

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Stephen Price Celebrated author, Jon Mitchell is set to hold a talk in Wales this March, discussing his latest book ‘Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence’, where he will discuss similarities b...

O Okinawa i Gymru: Heddwch a Gwrthsafiad dros 10,000 o Gilometrau

Online explanations of Okinawa’s history, produced by the US military to teach service members about the islands, are riddled with factual errors, exaggerate the benefits of US administration (1945–72...

On the Young Lords’ battle against lead poisoning in New York.

On 11 October 2017, a US Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter made an emergency landing and caught fire at a farm in Higashi Village, Okinawa Prefecture. Three days later, the US military announced “radioac...