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Dear US President Biden, Congressmembers, Senators and other decision makers of the issue,   My name is MASAGATA, a Japanese man living in Tokyo. I used to study at San Francisco State University, where I majored in International Relations. I am now working as a translator using the English knowledge I acquired in the US. I am writing this letter to urge US government to discontinue and terminate current ongoing landfill construction to build a new US Marine base runways at Camp Schwab, Henoko, Nago city, Okinawa prefecture. This is the modified version of the letter I...

Last Sunday I visited Atsugi Air Base in Kanagawa prefecture, an hour train ride from Tokyo. The place is jointly used by both US and Japanese forces. There was an event to exhibit the aircrafts and associate with servicemembers working there. Near the entrance I saw a very peculiar object. A statue of Douglas MacArthur who was a head of G.H.Q and SCAP organization during...

Update version of the following letter is posted on June 11, 2024 adding latest information.  Please move to this letter instead of the below.    Dear US President Biden,...

The novel is based on this issue and my own experience.   In Henoko, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, shaken by the issue of the construction of a new U.S. military base, a female singer...

Update version of the following letter is posted on September 30, 2022 with latest information of this issue. Read this post .  Dear US President Biden, Congressmembers, Senators and...