During his tour of Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Okinawa Governor Tamaki pleads, “Proclaiming peace is our obligation”. (24jy23)


Splendor of Okinawa: Philippine ground orchid, roadside Uruma, 30jn23


Okinawa Prefecture Governor Denny Tamaki visited the city of Nagasaki on 19 July. After offering flowers at the Peace Memorial, he toured the Atomic Bomb Museum for the first time. He also held discussions with Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki and others.


Governor Tamaki stated, “I have a full realization that, because Okinawa, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima suffered much the same sort of pain, proclaiming peace with a strong voice is our obligation.”


This year Governor Tamaki gave his Peace Declaration on 23 June at the Memorial Mourning Ceremony for All the War Victims on Spirit Consolation Day, which mourns the victims of the Battle of Okinawa. In his address, he touched on the changes to 3 documents relative to the National Government’s US-Japan Security Treaty which specify the possession of 

retaliatory capability, the capacity to attack enemy bases. The governor stated, “A terrible unease has been born among the people of our prefecture.”


On the Peace Declaration that the heads of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Okinawa had proclaimed that day, Governor Tamaki stressed, “We have an obligation to pass on to history these facts, which must never be forgotten. It is most essential that we link whatever emotions the people of our prefectures have felt to our thoughts for  peace, by earnestly bringing into our message, one by one, the true facts.”


After his discussion with Governor Tamaki, Nagasaki Mayor Suzuki held his scheduled press conference. He spoke of the Peace Declaration he will read out on Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Day. 


The mayor stated, “There are various opinions related to our Constitution and the 3 documents related to the US-Japan Security Treaty. While taking into account all these various viewpoints, I’ll put my thoughts together for the final script of my declaration.”


Original Japanese article: Mainichi Shimbun, published Thursday 20 July 2023 at 11:17. Byline: Hiroyuki Takahashi.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b6bba209e4a246158004e02b82e7e7939cebe27f


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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