[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Editorial about Kadena Air Base pollution, Okinawa, Japan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pollution from Kadena reminds us that there is no choice but to revise the SOFA

Editorial 
Ryukyu Shimpo (Okinawa, Japan)
April 19, 2016 

The severity of environmental pollution from U.S. military bases in Okinawa, and the deep secrecy with which this is handled, have been illuminated once again. Okinawan citizens’ stress from the concerns connected to bearing an overlarge share of the bases makes this an even more disorderly situation. Chemical substance control within U.S. base compounds is in chaos.

Stricter compliance to U.S. base regulations and systematic implementation in terms of toxic substance control when contamination occurs should be strongly encouraged. Moreover, it is essential that the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) be revised, and the privileged status the U.S. Armed Forces receive from it be curtailed.

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For the entire article, see
http://english.ryukyushimpo.jp/2016/04/25/24918/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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