okinawa and the vietnam war
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/4256539.jpg?0)
war, reconstruction and the (toxic) ties that bind.
okinawa's first nuclear missile men break silence
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/6250716.png)
USAF missileers speak out about Okinawa's secret bunkers, the Cuban missile crisis... and microwave ovens.
okinawa, nukes and "japan's special psychological problem"
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/5301790.png)
Dean Rusk, PM Ikeda and the bid to nuclear-arm Japan.
the 40th anniversary of okinawa reversion
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/4529139.jpg?240)
Japan Times feature looking back over the past four centuries - and forward to 2052.
an american eye on the koza riot
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/6832455.jpg)
Former MP's photographs shed new light on Okinawa's largest anti-U.S. uprising,
u.s. vet says agent orange buried on okinawa
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/2743932.jpg?237)
Front page story for The Japan Times on the alleged burial of dozens of barrels of defoliant in Chatan.
fukushima fallout kids on okinawa
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/8648061.jpg?221)
Very short monologue on why I write about Okinawa.
an island of resistance
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/5444390.jpg?192)
Japan Times feature story on Iejima - the island that gave birth to the ongoing struggle against U.S. bases.
agent orange on okinawa
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/7743544.jpg)
U.S. veterans talk for the first time about its use, its impact on their health - and their struggle for justice.
the koza riot remembered
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/4208516.jpg?250)
Japan Times investigation shattering the misconceptions about the 1970 anti-American uprising.
beggars' belief
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/6428050.jpg?1295443267)
Article for Japan Focus on Shoko Ahagon and the birth of the Okinawan civil rights movement.
beneath the battle of okinawa
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/5307559.jpg?1295443547)
Japan Times feature story on Dave Davenport - an American serviceman who dedicated himself to keeping alive the memory of those who lost their lives during the WW2 Typhoon of Steel.
barrier free, border free
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/7776956.jpg?234)
Japan Focus story about the artist and disabled rights activist, Hiroko Kimura
the end of summer
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/4543437.jpg)
Japan Times article covering the lives of a community of working poor based in northern Okinawa.
no night to be alone
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/808339.jpg)
The Japan Times runs with a chapter from my novel - a bittersweet coming-of-age tale set in a 1960s base town.
sun, sea and strontium-90
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/3709408.jpg)
Article investigating the eco-impact of the bases.
one night in koza
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/5080030.jpg?222)
The home of Japanese heavy metal still kicks ass...
futenma photo story
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/4484961.jpg)
There's nobody around to enjoy the festivities at Futenma Air Base's annual open day
vox pops
![Picture](/uploads/4/0/4/0/4040871/2820847.jpg)
Talking heads piece on businesses that turn away Japanese and non-Japanese customers.