Masahide ota biography of william shakespeare
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Late Okinawa Gov. Ota's anti-base struggle rooted in pacifism born of wartime horror
On June 12, former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota's life of struggle to solve the problem of U.S.
military bases in his island prefecture came to an end, as he passed away on his 92nd birthday.
Masahide ota biography of william shakespeare
Ota spent years in fearless confrontation with the Japanese government over the forced imposition of the bases on local land owners, a determination that was born of events during some of Okinawa's darkest days: 1945's Battle of Okinawa.
In 1945, Ota was part of the "tekketsu kinno" (blood-and-iron Imperial loyalty) unit at Okinawa Normal School, and he and his fellow students were mobilized and sent into the fray. On multiple occasions during the battle, Ota witnessed Imperial Japanese Army soldiers driving Okinawan civilians out of their hiding places in dugouts at rifle-point.
As the Japanese forces began to crumble in the face of the U.S. invasion, Ota was even accused of spying for the enemy and came wit