Clashes Between American Servicemen and Okinawan Citizens

America's famous philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "Peace can not be achieved only by understanding, through violence." Since the US occupation in 1945, an American military base occupied the island. That was always a problem. Like the Koza riot in 1970 there was a violent conflict between the US military and the citizens of Okinawa, but that violence did not solve the problem. Recently, the US Marine Corps Futenma, often referred to as "the world's most dangerous air force base", is concerned by politicians trying to resolve the conflict.

The problem was the crisis of 1995 when three American soldiers were convicted of raping a 12 year old Okinawa girl. The US military is reluctant to hand over suspects to law enforcement agencies in Japan and Richard Admiral Richard Admiral Richard McCreey of the US Pacific Region Commander Richard Mike advised that if the army merely visits prostitutes, Yes. By 2009, the Conservative Party was deprived of power to some extent because the base of Okinawa was moved relatively unattended from the crowded south of the south of the island. I live in the north. Demand for exile of Americans from Okinawa has been ongoing.

The whole scene feels like repeating history - this fact only increases the frustration of people in Okinawa. In 1995, three American soldiers raped a 12-year-old Japanese girl, and 50,000 people in Okinawa were angry and headed to the streets. "Our people in Okinawa are very kind people," the protesters said. "However, this time rape, I think I can not hold it this time" incident in 1995 was also an echo. In September 1970, a drunken American soldier killed a Japanese woman in the accident, escaped, and was found guilty at the military court. In that year, soldiers committed hundreds of crimes, including trying to rape a Japanese female student, but drunk driving and innocence was the last straw.