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Renegotiate the Okinawa Base Issue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Ota Masahide
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When a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl was raped by three U.S. soldiers in the autumn of 1995, I was governor of Okinawa Prefecture. In my address to the people of Okinawa, I said, “I apologize to you all for failing to protect the girl's human rights and dignity.”

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 2 , Issue 6 , June 2004 , e4
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