During his Talk Caravan at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Governor Tamaki calls for peace and arms reduction, so there will never again be a ‘Black Rain’ or ‘Typhoon of Steel’. (21jy23)


Splendor of Okinawa: Habranthus Robustus, roadside Uruma, 19jy23


On 19 July, Governor Denny Tamaki held his Talk Caravan at the Atomic Bomb Museum Hall in Nagasaki Prefecture’s Nagasaki City. His purpose was to bring attention to such issues as the new base construction at Henoko in Nago to accommodate the relocation of the US Military Futenma Air Base and the present reality of Okinawa’s burden of US military bases.


Governor Tamaki related Nagasaki, where the atomic bomb was dropped, to Okinawa, which experienced a furious land battle. He pointed out that both regions shared the suffering of enormous damage during World War ll in common.


The governor stated, “We must work together to assure that  the experience of the ‘Black Rain’ of the atom bomb and the ‘Typhoon of Steel’ of shelling and bombing attacks never happen again.” He further stressed the necessity of fervent efforts to realize peace, with both regions working in tandem.


Governor Tamaki gave the keynote speech. He pointed out the present situation of Okinawa’s base burden and the difficulty of building the new base due to problems such as the existence of Oura Bay’s weak seabed at Henoko. At the same time, the governor brought to the attention of the attendees that he wanted to get them to grasp that the bases were a problem not for Okinawa alone, but for themselves as well.

　

In addition to Governor Tamaki, other panelists also took the podium in the panel discussion:  Prefectural People’s Election Committee ‘Henoko' former Representative Junshiro Motoyama,   Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) Associate Professor Keiko Nakamura, and administrative law scholar at Ryukoku University Takio Honda.


Professor Nakamura of RECNA, speaking to the point  of education for the abolishment of nuclear weapons, pointed out that there is an increase in students who regard nuclear weapon abolition with pessimism, even in nuclear devastated Nagasaki, in the midst of changes in the US-Japan Security Alliance.


The professor brought an awareness of the issues to the audience. The aim of nuclear abolition continues. But the reality of the nuclear issue is not understood. The realization of the vision of a nuclear-free world has not even been described. Even so much as a methodology is not understood. Politicians have trouble even thinking about it. They explain their thinking as, “I don’t have the power to do anything on my own”. When the crisis arrives, our citizens will feel the injury one by one. Education toward military disarmament is essential to achieve a hope for the strength to change the current situation.

 

Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Thursday 20 July 2023 at 12:02. Byline: Yukinao Chinen.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5c4f0de2f77e1f1576e160a1d424b11c352ff05f


Denny in the News: news about 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. 


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. 


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


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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