Okinawa and the U.S.-Japan Alliance

July 25, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mānoa Campus, John A. Burns Hall, Room 3012 Add to Calendar

Yukie Yoshikawa will address the daunting miscommunication between Washington, Tokyo, and Naha over the presence of U.S. military bases in Okinawa.

Citing the lack of English language coverage of post-WWII Okinawa, she will argue that few Okinawan voices have been heard outside of Okinawa, except for media-reported outrage over military-related crimes and accidents. Yoshikawa will attempt to bring into focus a more nuanced and realistic view of the Okinawan’s love-hate sentiments toward the U.S. and its military. She will also present the strategic case for dispersing these forces throughout Japan, rather than concentrating them in Okinawa where local support – crucial in case of contingencies– is woefully lacking.

Yukie Yoshikawa, is an Adjunct Fellow at the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

In 2012-2014, as a fellow in the Office of Governor of the Okinawa Prefectural Government, she addressed the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma relocation issue. As a Senior Research Fellow at the Reischauer Center during 2005-2010, she studied the U.S.-Japan alliance, East Asian regionalism during 1868-1945 in Japan, and energy geopolitics in Northeast Asia. She has a BA from Keio University, Tokyo and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs.

Free admission; limited seating
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Paid parking is available on the UH Manoa campus.


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