Anger Spreads Over Kevin Maher’s Derogatory Comments on Okinawans

Satoko Norimatsu of the Peace Philosophy Centre posted the more information about the derogatory comments made by State Department official Kevin Maher about Okinawans:

Anger Spreads Over Kevin Maher’s Derogatory Comments on Okinawans

Kevin Maher

On December 3, 2010, Kevin Maher, Director of the Office of Japan Affairs and former U.S. Consul-General of Okinawa gave a lecture to the fourteen students of American University (Washington, DC) who were going to visit Okinawa to learn about the issues surrounding US military bases there. Kyodo News Agency, Okinawan newspapers Ryukyu Shimpo and Okinawa Taimusu, and other media reported it on March 7, 2011, and anger quickly spread through Okinawa over Maher’s numerous derogatory remarks about Okinawa and its people. The March 8 edition of Ryukyu Shimpo ran almost five full pages of special reports, analyses, an editorial that calls for dismissal of Maher, a response from US Embassy in Tokyo saying Maher’s views did not represent the US government at all, and critical comments from former Governor of Okinawa Ota Masahide, citizens, politicians and scholars in Okinawa and Japan. Ota says Maher is one who “endorsed the Henoko plan, so we should use this opportunity to crush the plan.”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE INCLUDING THE TEXT OF THE NOTES TAKEN BY AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM MAHER’S TALK

3 Comments

Japanese "A"

Kevin Maher told truth.
He told truth.
Truth is Truth.

Piotra

Speaking my mind simply says > Is this person Jewish ? He must be.

Because,if someone makes this indicative sick remark > that the people of Okinawa are masters of manipulation and extortion > >
” Jewish – Israeli of manipulation and extortion masters ” !

Edgardo Del valle

When the local people in okinawa protest they are paid for local groups,they really don’t care we push more money into their island than their own goverment, and most of they they are old people or people from mainland japan. Everything our bases secure their economic suffer a lot of their people suffer money wise.

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