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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Okinawa"”.
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The United States Military Realignment on Okinawa
… War II, debate over the realignment of forces on Okinawa has caused minor, yet growing, rifts in the stable United States-Japanese alliance. Current plans to shift American military forces from Okinawa to locations throughout the Pacific do not take into account the historical or geostrategic …
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Performing Embodied Histories: Colonialism, Gender, and Okinawa in Modern Japan
… examines embodied histories in the production of Okinawa at the intersection of colonialism, gender, and the body in modern Japan. By combining archival research with ethnographic methods, I problematize standard approaches for researching, writing, and performing histories, especially with regard …
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In the Shadow of Shuri Castle: The Battle of Okinawa in Memory
<p>The memory of the battle of Okinawa was shaped by politics. The memory of the battle for Okinawans emphasizes war crimes committed against them and the devastating impact that was inflicted upon their peaceful island. Their emphasis on sole victimization led to other Okinawan narratives being …
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Okinawan borderlands: the history of the U.S. occupation of Okinawa, 1945-1972
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2023-12-01
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New lives in the ancestral homeland: return migration from South America to mainland Japan and Okinawa
… identity formation in migrants of Japanese and Okinawan descent who relocate from countries of South America to mainland Japan and to the island prefecture of Okinawa, initially to seek economic advantage. The migrants, called Nikkeijin, are predominantly progeny of earlier migrants from Japan …
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Reflecting (on) the Orientalist Gaze: A Feminist Analysis of Japanese-U.S. GIs Intimacy in Postwar Japan and Contemporary Okinawa
… the past twenty years and who currently live in Okinawa. My purpose in this study is to examine, reflect on, and challenge the Orientalist gaze, which I define as Eurocentric with male-centered perceptions, interpretations, and representations of Asian women. In the context of U.S. global …
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Is It Nationalism? History's Impact on Okinawan Identity
… and once the semi-independent kingdom of Ryukyu, Okinawa holds a unique and contentious place within the Tokyo-run nation-state. The central argument found in these pages suggests that a new look at the islands' identity along two tracks—a "high track" that focuses on the grander objects of the …
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Practicing Ecological Security and Making Multispecies Relations in Anti-Base Resistance: Insights from Environmental-Oriented Anti-Base Activists in Henoko and Takae struggles in Okinawa
Henoko and Takae are two Okinawan villages entangled in the struggles against militarization of Henoko-Oura Bay and Yanbaru forest, respectively. These struggles highlight the problems associated with the US military bases and operations in relation to environmental justice (EJ), conservation, and …
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Comparative study of base community relations in Japan
… the mid-1990s, this has been especially true of Okinawa. After the 1995 rape of an Okinawan schoolgirl, protests aimed at closing the Marine Corps Air Station at Futenma have received an unprecedented amount of media attention. This thesis examines the relative level of controversy at four …
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A Critical Conversation on Indigeneity, Colonialism, and Feminism in Natsuo Kirino's <em>The Goddess Chronicle</em>
… pre-colonial Ryūkyū Kingdom, now modern-day Okinawa. Kirino acknowledges the existence and significance of the Ryūkyū Kingdom’s religious and cultural practices through the fictional island and people of Umihebi, while simultaneously colonizing the fictional island with the introduction and …
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Reação de genótipos de pessegueiro a Meloidogyne incognita
… 913-11 e 913-17,), a variedade porta- enxerto Okinawa, e o cruzamento Aurora2xAurora1 (variedade copa) para realização do experimento. O delineamento foi em blocos casualizados com cinco repetições e uma planta por parcela. Após estabelecimento das plantas, estas foram inoculadas com 11.000 …
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Exploring The Effects Of Policies On Military Readiness
… different aspects of life and living on Okinawa. The context of these questions encompassed aspects of their working environment, command culture and climate, subjective feelings toward the freedoms and living accommodations on Okinawa, and the effect(s) all combined condition have on …
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Japan's Defense and Foreign Policy Strategy in the Post Cold War World
… relations by focusing on the issues of Okinawa, trade, and the credibility of the security commitment for both sides. While there are several policy options Japan can take in this post Cold War era, this thesis proposes that Japan maintain and even strengthen military ties with the …
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The United States-Japan Security Alliance: Current Status and Future Prospects
… development project, the controversy surrounding Okinawa, and the possible BMD co-production project, are examined to portray the difficulties presently facing the alliance. These case studies are the basis for examining the likely future of the alliance and possible alternatives it could take. …
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Presidential, Post-Imperial and Personal: Envoy Diplomacy in Japan, 1960s-1980s
… Kawashima Shōjirō; the 1972 reversion of Okinawa from US military administration, negotiated by scholar Wakaizumi Kei; and the 1983 rapprochement with South Korea, liaised by business strategist Sejima Ryūzō. Special envoys – be they businessmen, lawmakers or scholars – challenged the two …
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Propagação de potenciais porta-enxertos de pessegueiros por estacas lenhosas com auxílio de AIB
… 1701-2, 102-1, 102-2, 202- 1, UFV 186, UFV 286 e Okinawa foram tratadas com AIB nas concentrações de 0, 2000 e 4000 mg.L-1, posteriormente foram colocadas para enraizar em bandejas plásticas contendo substrato comercial. O experimento foi conduzido em esquemas de parcelas subdivididas, no …
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Kinijos aštrioji galia Japonijoje 2015 -2019 metų laikotarpiu /
… sponsored by China. (3) China is interested in Okinawa and might be influencing local politicians (including Japan’s Communist Party) and radical left groups to advocate the island’s autonomy. (4) Even though Japan recognizes various threats coming from China, it does not have a specific plan on …
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Safeguarding the mitochondrial genome: identifying components of the mtDNA repair machinery
… I collaborated with a research group in Okinawa to investigate mtDNA maintenance in corals, which exhibit some of the lowest mtDNA mutation rates among animals. Analysis of assembled mitochondrial genomes from Palythoa corals revealed remarkably low single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) …