It’s .6 percent of landmass, but the national government puts three quarters of American troops there. The bases take up more than 10% of the landmass within the Ryukyu islands.

It’s an intentional policy of putting the violent drunks in a territory they don’t care about protecting from the consequences of having American military personal nearby.

It’s fucked up.

To all those who said that Okinawa is part of Japan and that imposing the base on them wasn't an act of continuous colonialism - fuck you. Here it is. More proof that Okinawa understands their history, understands that they are separate from their dominators, and understands the USA as the violent imperialist that it is.

Okinawa absolutely hates the base and has for decades, and for very good reasons.