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WikiLeaks: Okinawa's Pro-China, Anti-U.S. Bent

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People shout slogans as they hold banners reading “Withdraw the plan” during the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Okinawa government offices in Naha, Okinawa prefecture on December 17, 2010.

There have been plenty of reasons given explaining why Okinawan residents hold reservations about the continued U.S. military presence on the tropical island: noise pollution and the unruly behavior of some U.S. servicemen, to name a couple.

But here's another: Okinawans don't view China's growing military might as a security threat, a diverging perspective from attitudes held in Tokyo and Washington, according to a U.S. embassy cable released by Wikileaks.

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US military base in Okinawa

“Despite China’s rapidly expanding economic and military activities, including in waters near Okinawa, Okinawans claim they do not share America’s or Japan’s sense of threat from China…..and which is a factor in local attitudes toward U.S. military bases in Okinawa,” states an April 26, 2006 cable sent from the U.S. Consulate in Naha, located in Okinawa.

The U.S. cable, signed by Thomas Reich, the consul general of the U.S. consulate in Naha, says that this lack of fear coincides with Okinawa’s historical ties with China and how the two share a mutual connection because both have been treated poorly by Japan. It refers to incidents that occurred during World War II, specifically the Battle of Okinawa – the full frontal assault from both sides that resulted in mass military and civilian casualties. It also gives a short historical brief on the amicable ties between China and the island chain when they were still recognized as the independent Ryukyu kingdom prior to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95.

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Japanese protest against the Okinawa military base

The cable details multiple conversations with local Okinawan authorities that show the southern island largely viewed the Chinese threat as nil, despite increasing incursions into Japanese maritime and air territory.

“We asked why a look at a map of the region surrounding Okinawa and current stories regarding China’s expansion didn’t provide Okinawans enough information for them to judge for themselves. Tomon replied the GOJ (government of Japan) and USG (U.S. government) were like the boy who cried wolf, pointing to China and claiming that something awful might happen, but nothing ever did. Okinawans were undisturbed, Tomon claimed, by Chinese incursions,” states the cable in reference to a March 2006 discussion with Mitsuko Tomon, a former Socialist Party lawmaker and who was at the time a mayoral candidate for Okinawa City. Ms. Tomon added, according to the cable, that historically, “Japan and the United States had been more harmful to Okinawa than China had ever been.”

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Japanese protest against the Okinawa military base

The cable notes a number of friendly exchanges that had cropped up between Okinawa and China in recent years, and contrasts China’s tone towards the southern island with that extended towards the mainland based on local media reports. But the U.S. doubts whether it’s all about historical ties with China that have formed Okinawa’s attitude.

“Okinawa’s exceptionalism is not based entirely on history and feeling; it is used to practical effect. Okinawans claiming to feel no threat from China often use this to bolster arguments that bases should be eliminated from Okinawa. For example, when asked specifically about Chinese military activities near Okinawa, such as the November 2004 submarine incursion, former Diet member Tomon grudgingly admitted that the incident was regrettable. She hastened to add, however, that it alone did not justify the concentration of U.S. forces and facilities in Okinawa.”(WSJ)

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