Articles by Medoruma Shun« Back to listMedoruma Shun is a novelist and critic living in Nago City, Okinawa. Born in Okinawa, he graduated from the University of the Ryukyus. Medoruma is a novelist and a vocal and piercing critic of Japanese neo-nationalism, local pork-barrel politics, and the US military presence in Okinawa, particularly the plan to build a new marine airbase off the coast of Henoko in Nago City, where he resides. His story “Droplets” (Suiteki), for which he received Japan's Akutagawa Prize, is available in Michael Molasky's translation in Michael Molasky and Steve Rabson, eds., Southern Exposure: Modern Japanese Literature From Okinawa. In recent years, Okinawan peace activists have fought the attempted relocation of Futenma Marine Air Station to the relatively pristine coral reef off Henoko, demanding instead a reduction in bases on Okinawa
Reflections on the Remaking of the Imperial Image in the Reiwa Era and Japanese Democracy
Five Okinawan Views on the Nago Mayoral Election of February 2018: Implications for Japanese Democracy
In the Woods of Memory
Hope
We Cannot Allow Governor Nakaima to Falsify the History of the Battle of Okinawa
The Okinawa Peace Prize Fraud
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