okinawa and the vietnam war

war, reconstruction and the (toxic) ties that bind.
okinawa's first nuclear missile men break silence

USAF missileers speak out about Okinawa's secret bunkers, the Cuban missile crisis... and microwave ovens.
okinawa, nukes and "japan's special psychological problem"

Dean Rusk, PM Ikeda and the bid to nuclear-arm Japan.
the 40th anniversary of okinawa reversion

Japan Times feature looking back over the past four centuries - and forward to 2052.
an american eye on the koza riot

Former MP's photographs shed new light on Okinawa's largest anti-U.S. uprising,
u.s. vet says agent orange buried on okinawa

Front page story for The Japan Times on the alleged burial of dozens of barrels of defoliant in Chatan.
fukushima fallout kids on okinawa

Very short monologue on why I write about Okinawa.
an island of resistance

Japan Times feature story on Iejima - the island that gave birth to the ongoing struggle against U.S. bases.
agent orange on okinawa

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

Japan Times investigation shattering the misconceptions about the 1970 anti-American uprising.
beggars' belief

Article for Japan Focus on Shoko Ahagon and the birth of the Okinawan civil rights movement.
beneath the battle of okinawa

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

Japan Focus story about the artist and disabled rights activist, Hiroko Kimura
the end of summer

Japan Times article covering the lives of a community of working poor based in northern Okinawa.
no night to be alone

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

Article investigating the eco-impact of the bases.
one night in koza

The home of Japanese heavy metal still kicks ass...
futenma photo story

There's nobody around to enjoy the festivities at Futenma Air Base's annual open day
vox pops

Talking heads piece on businesses that turn away Japanese and non-Japanese customers.