The governor and experts discuss the issue of the bases in the online symposium “Asia and Trust, from Okinawa” hosted by Okinawa Prefecture. (27mr22)


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The symposium “Governor Denny’s thoughts on peace and development in Asia and Okinawa”, hosted by Okinawa Prefecture online using a video conferencing system, was held on 26 March.


Governor Denny Tamaki expressed his thoughts on opening the “Advisory Board Panel on the US Military Base Issue”, targeted for May this year, composed of security experts and others, to gather opinions on other international situations. He will incorporate the opinions gathered into prefectural policy.


At a press briefing after the conference, Governor Tamaki explained the purpose of holding the conference of experts, “I want to inquire about their analysis of the present international situation and what course of action and such can be taken by Okinawa.” On whether the Russian invasion of Ukraine or the Taiwan emergency would be taken up, the governor responded, “First, I want the content of the information gathered from the members.” The Advisory Board Panel, established to follow  the “International Port Net Committee on the US Military Base Issue” which had advised the Prefecture on government policy from 2019, held its first meeting last August.


In addition to Governor Tamaki, Former Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Kyoji Yanagisawa, Aoyama Gakuin University Professor Emeritus Kumiko Haba, and political policy advisor Shigeaki Koga took the podium to discuss such topics as the possibility of working together from Okinawa to relieve tensions in Asia.


Professor Haba proposed Okinawa as a hub for a network to foster trust in Asia. She pleaded for an elucidation of the history of the unification of Europe and other countries after World War II, noting, “It is essential to create an organization to consider the questions of the environment, security, and peace at the NGO level on the axis of Okinawa and Taiwan.”


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Sunday 27 March 2020 at 05:19. Byline: Shohei Tsukazaki 

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f8fb8fb361d2a9bf44659ce26aa99e75d9a73739


Translator’s note:

Denny in the News: news about Okinawan Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 

  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 

  2. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.

  3. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

 

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