The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Newsletter Newsletter No. 8, 2018 April 15, 2019 New Articles Ryan Holmberg, Joelle Chaftari, Maximilien Berthet, Hidaka Mari, Vanessa Yue Yang, Fujimoto Takako, Noémie Lobry and Yumi Song Kanto Loam Stories: Looking for 3.11 in Tokyo Today Yoshikawa Hideki Hesitant Heritage: U.S. Bases on Okinawa and Japan’s Flawed Bid for Yambaru Forest World Heritage Status Higa Tami and Douglas Lummis Every day except Sundays, holidays and typhoon days, Okinawans confront the US military at Henoko, site of a planned new base Lim Kyounghwa The Mutual Gaze of Okinawans and Zainichi Koreans in Post-War Japan: From 1945 to the 1972 Okinawa Reversion By Tamaki Rieko, Translation by Steve Rabson Illustrations by Yamashiro Saburō Amidst War’s Devastation: How a Ten-year-old Girl Barely Survived the Battle of Okinawa  Fukushima nuclear disaster: Abandoned town allows first residents home tions  Quick Links Newsletter Archive More About Us Contributing to APJ