The RAND Report with Art de Oro

Robert Kajiwara

EPISODE NOTES Sophia talks with Rob Kajiwara about the militarization of Japanese Islands and the steps he's taken to fight against it. (Episode delayed due to funding. Update coming soon)

Hideki Yoshikawa on the US Military in Okinawa

Hideki Yoshikawa is a native Okinawan, the Director of the Environmental Justice Project, and the head of the Save the Dugong Foundation. In this episode, he shares his perspective on the failed relationship between US Marines and the native inhabitants of the Japanese island of Okinawa, which constitutes less than one percent of Japan's landmass, but hosts over 70% of the US military presence in Japan.

The RAND Report with Art de Oro

Veteran and activist Art de Oro offers his insights on a Congress-funded, nonpartisan RAND report that found the US military's activity in the Pacific to be costly and irrational.

The Numbers

How many acres of land does the US military already possess for training purposes? Exactly how many bombs does the Navy want to drop on Tinian and Pagan? On Vieques, an island that served as a training range for decades, what percentage of the local population suffers from arsenic poisoning? Pete Perez of PaganWatch offers these disturbing statistics, and more.

Yutu Stories: Amber Weston

Saipan resident Amber Weston's roof flew off during Super Typhoon Yutu. She shares her experience preparing for and surviving the storm, and her disappointment with the FEMA representative who was assigned to help her.