Uchinanchu Talk Story VI: U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa – Three Years Later

July 24, 12:15pm - 5:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall, Wailana Room on the Garden Level Add to Calendar

Uchinanchu Talk Story VI seeks to broaden our community’s understanding about the background, current issues and Indo-Asia-Pacific region considerations surrounding the plans to relocate Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Oura Bay and Henoko Peninsula in Nago City, Okinawa, Japan and retouch on broader issues such as fairness, democracy and peace, discussed in 2013 at UTS III. <

PROGRAM

Keynote Address: U.S. Pacific Command

Messages By:
President Charles E. Morrison*
East-West Center
Consul General Yasushi Misawa*
Consulate-General of Japan in Honolulu
Governor David Ige*
State of Hawai`i
Message From: Governor Takeshi Onaga
Okinawa Prefectural Government
* Or by their representative should their availability change

Moderator:
Daniel B. Boylan, Professor of History, University of Hawai`i West O`ahu

Panelists:
Brig. General David R. Stilwell, USAF Ret., East-West Center Adjunct Senior Fellow
U.S. Military Perspective Tetsuo Kotani, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
Osamu Unten, Director and Councilor Military Base Affairs Division, Okinawa Prefectural Government
Manabu Sato, Professor of Political Science, Okinawa International University
Yukie Yoshikawa, Adjunct Fellow, Senior Researcher, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, John Hopkins University

REGISTRATION
Registration is free. Please pre-register by completing the Participant Data Sheet linked at the bottom of the event announcement at the web address, below. Send it to: uts@EastWestCenter.org or 808-944-7380 (FAX)

This event is co-sponsored by the East-West Center, the Worldwide Uchinanchu Business Association, and the Akisamiyo-! Club.

Primary Contact Info:
Name: Anna Tanaka
Email: uts@EastWestCenter.org
Phone: FAX: 808-944-738


Event Sponsor
East-West Center, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Anna Tanaka, Fax: (808) 944-738, uts@EastWestCenter.org, https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/uchinanchu-talk-story-vi-us-military-bases-in-okinawa-%E2%80%9

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