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Urgent Okinawan Appeal for Help

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Ashitomi Hiroshi ,
Gavan McCormack  and
C. Douglas Lummis
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To Japan and to the world Japan is a democratic country, in which popular sovereignty, the rule of law, and the division of powers (executive, legislative, judicial) are assured. Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has repeatedly told international fora – including the US Congress and the UN General Assembly – that such is the case. But what is evolving now in the course of confrontation between the Abe government and the people of Okinawa, led by their Governor, suggests otherwise.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 42 , October 2015 , e1
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