The Origins of the Bilateral Okinawa Problem
Subtitle: Okinawa in Postwar US-Japan Relations, 1945-1952 (East Asia)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 14, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780815339489
Subjects: International relations; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Politics / Current Events; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Japan; USA; History & Theory - General; International Relations - General; Political Science / International Relations
First sentence: The tragic abduction and rape of an Okinawan schoolgirl by three American servicemen in September 1995 touched off the present stage of the so-called "Okinawa problem," shaking the bilateral relationship and bringing national and international attention to the situation in Okinawa in which local residents have been increasingly frustrated with the problems related to the presence of U.S. bases and the seeming indifference of the central government to their problems.