52 years after Okinawa’s reversion to Japan, 2190 people in their 15 May Peace Parade consider the unsolved base issue, as Governor Denny Tamaki proclaims, “Let’s pass on the lessons Okinawa got in the war to our future generations!” (19my24)
Splendor of Okinawa: Indian Lettuce, roadside Futenma, 26ap24 With the passing of 52 years since reversion of Okinawa to Japan, the 15 May Peace Parade was held in in Ginowan on 18 May to question the current reality of Okinawa’s base burden. The participants separated into two groups to parade around the US Military Futenma Airfield and consider peace and the base issues, left unsolved after over a half century since reversion. According to the sponsor’s report, 2190 participated. After the parade, the Mass Prefectural People’s Rally to Protect Our Peace And Livelihoods was held. The rally adopted a declaration pleading for the realization of an Okinawa without bases and a world without war. The parade set out from Ginowan City Hall, separated into one group taking the southern route and another the northern. The two groups walked for about 3 hours to converge at the Ginowan Ciry Sports Ground, which became the meeting site for the Prefectural People’s Mass Rally. The southern route...