Okinawa’s US Shadow - RT Documentary

‘It’s humiliating that the people of Japan cannot enforce their basic rights inside the military bases: the right to life, to property, and the right to security.’ The U.S. has been present in Okinawa for decades. The island is riddled with American military bases and barbed-wire fences. The Japanese government goes so far as to pay to maintain the U.S. military presence, spending 2 trillion yen (more than $13.3 billion) a year. ‘The Japanese government is willing to give their own country’s money away and come up with an excuse like… the “sympathy budget“,’ politician Mitsuhiro Kimura reveals. The Japanese authorities seem to have forgotten that their ’ally’ once used nuclear weapons against their citizens. But locals remember. How do they fight for their home? Find out in our new documentary, ‘Okinawa’s US Shadow’.