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Okinawa’s governor strives for regional diplomacy as tensions in Asia-Pacific rise
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Okinawa’s governor strives for regional diplomacy as tensions in Asia-Pacific rise

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By Tycoon Herald 7 Min Read Published September 21, 2024
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Okinawa’s governor strives for regional diplomacy as tensions in Asia-Pacific rise

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki smiles throughout a press convention in Tokyo on March 1, 2019, after a vote on the relocation of a U.S. base on the island on Feb. 25.

Behrouz Mehri/AFP through Getty Pictures


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Denny Tamaki is in control of a sequence of islands in what many individuals contemplate a harmful neighborhood.

As governor of the Okinawa Prefecture, he oversees about 160 inhabited and uninhabited islands in southwest Japan. The U.S. navy refers to it because the “Keystone of the Pacific” as a result of its strategic location located regionally between Tokyo, Manila, Seoul and Hong Kong. It presently finds itself within the crosshairs of China’s disputed claims over Taiwan and escalating tensions within the South China Sea.

When requested what’s the largest menace to Okinawa, the 65-year-old says it’s not about one particular person nation.

“Actually, it’s not about where,” Tamaki mentioned. “The threat is not on which island or what particular island, but the fact that if one country stretches too much on military balance, then it would create a threat to peace diplomacy.”

As Japan and the U.S. construct their navy alliances, Tamaki is among the louder voices calling for American forces to tug again on the “extensive overconcentration” of U.S. navy bases on the island.

“I believe that easing tensions and building trust through peaceful diplomacy and dialogue is the direction that the international community should take. That is why I strive to practice regional diplomacy with the neighboring countries,” Tamaki mentioned.

A narrative tied to the U.S. navy presence on Okinawa

His private story is deeply entwined with the U.S. navy’s presence on Okinawa. He comes from a bicultural background with an Okinawan mom and an American father who served within the U.S. Marines on the island. His father returned house earlier than Tamaki was born.

“When I was 2 years old, she decided not to follow my father to the States,” Tamaki mentioned. “She threw away all the letters and photos that my father had sent from the States. So actually, I don’t know what he looks like. I don’t know what food he likes, and also, I don’t know whether he supports Democrats or Republicans, so I don’t have much information about him.”

He has freckles and light-weight brown eyes, and was teased as a younger youngster.

“There was an environment where people, not just me, but also with a similar background, we were bullied and also discriminated against because of that,” Tamaki mentioned.

However he mentioned as he entered center faculty, he discovered a bunch of buddies that supported him, and discovered to like some components of American tradition.

“I enjoyed listening to American music coming out from the jukebox,” he mentioned. “When I was in junior high, I listened to rock music, and I actually formed a rock band myself.”

For somebody who shoulders great duties, his face lights up when he talks about his days because the lead singer of The Wizard. He and his younger bandmates had been impressed by iconic Seventies American rock bands Kiss, ZZ High and Aerosmith.

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki at age 18.

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki at age 18.

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Courtesy of Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki

Regardless of his love of American music, he additionally witnessed the “complicated situation” between the U.S. navy group and the locals.

“There also is the fact that when I was young, there were environments where single parents, the women who had to raise their children as single parents, worked near the bars that the U.S. military servicemen enjoyed,” he mentioned.

Okinawans suffered immensely throughout World Struggle II. It was the one Japanese prefecture to expertise on-the-ground fight. Greater than 200,000 folks, together with 94,000 Okinawans, died throughout the combating, in accordance with a message from the Okinawa Prefectural Authorities Washington, D.C., workplace. After the conflict, many of the locals had been positioned in internment camps. The U.S. navy took management of the islands till Okinawa was handed again to the Japanese in 1972.

As we speak, 70.6% of land in Japan designated for U.S. navy services is focused on Okinawa. Greater than half of the roughly 54,000 U.S. navy personnel in Japan are stationed there.

“If you’ve ever been in Okinawa, it’s very hard to get away from the flight path of an F-16. It’s just very large on a very small amount of space, so it’s very hard to sidestep or to avoid interaction with the US bases themselves,” in accordance with Sheila Smith, senior fellow for Asia-Pacific research on the Council on International Relations.

The connection between the Okinawans and U.S. navy has been put to the check over contaminated water, coaching accidents and the bases’ impression on the native economic system. This 12 months, diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Japan had been strained when three alleged sexual assault circumstances involving U.S. servicemen got here to mild.

“I think he is neither fully on the progressive left side of the camp, nor is he a conservative,” Smith mentioned. “He is one of this next-generation problem solvers who identifies himself in a kind of centrist position.”

Each U.S. President Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are stepping down from energy this 12 months. Tamaki says irrespective of which celebration the following president of the U.S. belongs to, she or he is welcome in Okinawa.

“We are hoping that this new leader will actively contribute to our actions as we provide peaceful diplomacy,” Tamaki mentioned.

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