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Jon Mitchell is a British Journalist and correspondent for Okinawa Times. He was awarded the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan Freedom of the Press Award for Lifetime Achievement for his reporting about human rights issues - including military contamination - on Okinawa. He is the author of Tsuiseki: Okinawa no Karehazai (Chasing Agent Orange on Okinawa) (Koubunken 2014) and is a visiting researcher at the International Peace Research Institute of Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo. Mitchell is an Asia-Pacific Journal contributing editor.

“I was exposed to nerve agent on Okinawa” – US soldier sickened by chemical weapon leak at Chibana Ammunition Depot in 1969 breaks silence on what happened that day.

The FOIA and the Study of US Policy on Okinawa and Japan

CIA: How to shape Okinawan public opinion on the U.S. military presence

U.S. Marine Corps’ Lax Weapon Safety on Okinawa

U.S. Marine Corps Sexual Violence on Okinawa

Agent Orange on Okinawa: Six Years On

Environmental Contamination at USMC bases on Okinawa

Okinawa: U.S. Marines Corps training lectures denigrate local residents, hide military crimes.

Contamination at Largest US Air Force Base in Asia: Kadena, Okinawa

FOIA Documents: Drunk US Marine’s 2015 dump of toxic foam among accidents polluting Okinawa water supply

What Lessons Can Vietnam teach Okinawa about U.S. Military Dioxin?

FOIA Documents Reveal Agent Orange Dioxin, Toxic Dumps, Fish Kills on Okinawa Base. Two Veterans Win Compensation, Many More Denied

Vietnam: Okinawa's Forgotten War

On Okinawa, U.S. Marines raise tensions with accusations and arrests of peace campaigners

The Secret History of Cannabis in Japan

Military Contamination on Okinawa: PCBs and Agent Orange at Kadena Air Base

Okinawa - The Pentagon’s Toxic Junk Heap of the Pacific

Okinawa Dumpsite Offers Proof of Agent Orange: Experts Say

Oliver Stone on Okinawa - The Untold Story

Nuchi Du Takara, Okinawan Resistance and the Battle for Henoko Bay

281_Anti Nuke: The Japanese street artist taking on Tokyo, TEPCO and the nation’s right-wing extremists 281_Anti Nuke

“Deny, deny until all the veterans die” - Pentagon investigation into Agent Orange on Okinawa

Operation Red Hat: Chemical weapons and the Pentagon smokescreen on Okinawa

“Herbicide Stockpile” at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa: 1971 U.S. Army report on Agent Orange

Okinawan Leaders Carry Osprey Protest to Tokyo

Campaign to prevent the next Battle of Okinawa

U.S. Military Parents on Okinawa Demand Truth About Toxic Contamination Near Base Schools

All Agent Orange Ingredients Unearthed at U.S. Military Dumpsite on Okinawa

Were U.S marines used as guinea pigs on Okinawa?

Agent Orange on Okinawa - The Smoking Gun: U.S. army report, photographs show 25,000 barrels on island in early ‘70s

“Seconds Away From Midnight”: U.S. Nuclear Missile Pioneers on Okinawa Break Fifty Year Silence on a Hidden Nuclear Crisis of 1962 -- −−１９６２５０

Agent Orange at Okinawa's Futenma Base in 1980s１９８０

U.S. Veteran Exposes Pentagon’s Denials of Agent Orange Use on Okinawa

U.S. Vets Win Payouts Over Agent Orange Use on Okinawa

Agent Orange on Okinawa: Buried Evidence?−−？• Japanese translation is available

Agent Orange on Okinawa - New Evidence−− •Japanese translation available

US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange−− •Japanese translation is available

Barrier free, border free

Beggars' Belief: The Farmers' Resistance Movement on Iejima Island, Okinawa——