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The Henoko Base Project: Okinawa's Tamaki Government at the Brink
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2025
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Since the death of Okinawan Governor Onaga Takeshi on 8 August, the Henoko base construction plan has been in flux. With the issues coming to a head, the media in Japan and the world shows ever less interest, easing the way for the Abe government to have its way. Crucial phases in the long-running contest between state and prefecture have been noted many times, but perhaps none is comparable to today as the commencement of works to reclaim the base site on Oura Bay is imminent.
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1 This essay follows closely upon, and may be read as a sequel to, my “Grappling with Clientelism: the Japanese State and Okinawa under Abe Shinzo (https://apjjf.org/2018/23/McCormack.html/),” The Asia-Pacific Journal – Japan Focus, 23 November 2018.
2 For discussion of this legally dubious 30 October government declaration of the legitimacy of its actions, see my “Grappling with clientelism.”
3 “Ju-yokka Henoko dosha donyu, hoji kokka no hakai yurusarenu,” editorial, Ryukyu shimpo, 4 Deember 2018.
4 This law was designed to offer relief for citizens aggrieved by some government malfeasance, not to provide government an instrument for sweeping aside protest.
5 “Okinawa-ken, keiso-i e no shinsa moshide, tekkai taishi ni fufuku, chiji dosha tonyu hoshin ni hanpatsu,” Ryukyu shimpo, 30 November 2018.
6 See my discussion in The State of the Japanese State, p. 113.
7 When it came time for renewal of permits for removal of coral from Oura Bay in 2017, the government announced it would not seek renewal, thus avoiding a prefectural refusal. It simply continued its coral-removal works ignoring permission. (“Henoko dosha hanshutsu chudan ho mushi wa muri suji no shirushi,” Okinawa taimusu, 5 December 2018).
8 Repairs were estimated to call for about three months work.
9 “Seifu, Henoko ni dosha tonyu e, minkan sanbashi o tsukatte de mo nennai ni,” Asahi shimbun, 2 December 2018.
10 “Dosha hanshutsu ‘iho’ Tamaki chiji kokyo yosai kanri kisoku ihan da, Ryukyu semento o shido ni,” Ryukyu shimbun, 4 December 2018.
11 “Henoko dosha tsumikomi saikai, tonyu meguri kobo gekika, Okinawa ken no taiko saku ga shoten,” Ryukyu shimpo, 6 December 2018.
12 The State of the Japanese State, p. 91.
13 Figures reported in “‘Keiso-i ni shinsa de’ ‘jichi’ tou jisshitsu shinri o,” editorial, Okinawa taimusu, 30 November 2018, and “Ju-yokka Henoko dosha,” op. cit., Ryukyu shimpo, 4 december 2018.