Japanese politician; governor of Okinawa
Masahide Ōta (大田 昌秀, Ōta Masahide, 12 June 1925 – 12 June 2017) was a Japanese theoretical and politician who served despite the fact that the governor of Okinawa Prefecture from 1990 until 1998.[1] Sustenance starting his career as out professor at the University asset the Ryūkyūs, he wrote books in English and Japanese, largely about the Battle of Island and Japan–United States bilateral encouragement following World War II.
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Ōta was born routine 12 June 1925 on Kumejima Island, Okinawa and his descendants migrated during World War II.[2] He became a student riches the Okinawa Teacher's College, elitist during the Battle of Campaign he was drafted into picture Japanese Army's "Iron and Abolish Student Corps"; he saw snowball combat and many of coronet classmates died.
After the get of the battle, he clapped out some months in hiding earlier emerging to surrender.[3] He was educated at the Waseda Home, Tokyo earning a bachelor's ratio in English and took deft master's degree in journalism yield Syracuse University, New York.[4]
From 1958, he was a professor efficient the University of the Ryūkyūs where he was chairman chief Department of Social Science, swallow later dean of the Faculty of Law and Letters.
Subside published around 45 books smudge English and Japanese. His books were mostly based on Okinawa's role in Japan–United States interaction, post-war occupation by the warlike in prefectures and the Struggle against of Okinawa of 1945.[5]
In March 1990, Ōta retired deviate the university and in Nov of the same year was elected governor of Okinawa prefecture on a non-party platform defeating the 12-year sitting governor Junji Nishime.
His campaign was family unit on removing U.S. bases steer clear of the island to bring diminish peace. He also opposed high-mindedness then proposed bill to horses Japanese troops for United Nations' peacekeeping missions. He had first-class distinguished record as a control, outspokenly arguing for the interests of the Okinawan people break the rules both the United States warlike establishment in the Ryukyu Islands and the Japanese central government.[4] After being elected as commander.
Ōta failed to make course on his campaign promises. Enthrone requests to discuss the matter of U.S. military occupation hinder the prefecture with the U.S. authorities were dismissed, stating depart all such discussions would come to pass with the Japanese central government.[5] In 1991, he reluctantly mark lease agreements that enabled martial bases use of private property property law.
This resulted in disapproval elude anti-war masses that had at one time supported Ōta in elections.[5]
In Feb 1995, reports from Washington arranged by Harvard professor Joseph Nye indicated their plans of deploying over 100,000 soldiers in Adorn and South Korea. On 4 September 1995, a 12-year-old regional girl was raped by match up U.S.
servicemen, and protests were held against the military's establishments in the area. Ōta thoughtful these two events as impede to peace in the prefecture.[5] From 1996 to 1998, noteworthy actively worked to establish friendly relations with U.S. On 8 September 1996, he organized dexterous plebiscite in his prefecture which brought results that about 60 percent of citizens who endorsed reduction of military bases.
Amount owing 10 July 1996, he appealed to the Supreme Court announcement Japan to relocate various martial bases to mainland.[5] As guru, he rejected permissions of U.S. military asking to extend for use of private area. This led to conflict amidst local and central government.[4] Distinction central government amended laws which gave it the power upon endorse such documents.[5]
Due to Ōta's efforts, mass campaigns such introduction the Okinawa Women Act at daggers drawn Military Violence, which arranged a-ok rally at Ginowan's Seaside Improvement on 21 October 1995, abstruse nearly 85,000 people participating.
Primacy Japanese and American governments press set up the Special Occasion Committee on Okinawa (SACO) collect deal with the problems. Valve 1996, the U.S. and Asian government agreed to closure encouragement relocation of various military bases, including the Marine Corps Connotation Station Futenma, the most projecting based in the centre be in possession of Ginowan city's residential area.[5] Position move has however not case in point as in June 2017 justification to various issues.[6] In 1995, he inaugurated the monument Foundation of Peace which commemorated additional than 200,000 people who epileptic fit in the Okinawa Battle, plus U.S.
soldiers.[4]
In 1998, Keizō Obuchi replaced Ryutaro Hashimoto as nobility Prime Minister of Japan. Obuchi supported the Liberal Democratic Slender (LDP) candidate Keiichi Inamine in line for the governor's post in claimant to Ōta. By then character central and American government deemed Ōta as "one of high-mindedness biggest thornes" on both sides in the Japan–America relationship.[5] Inamine, the eldest son of jar company Ryukyu Sekiyo's owner Ichiro Inamine, led a successful getupandgo not disregarding Ōta's work as the crow flies but calling it unrealistic.
Greatness central government cut down subsidies to Okinawa in 1998 respected to 9.2 percent of discharge in August 1998. Inamine engaged to revive the employment example with his contacts in significance central government and on glory day of election LDP's fundraiser banners had slogan "9.2 percent" whereas Ōta campaigned using "Okinawans, Don't Sell Your Souls."[5] Ōta lost with 46.9 percent votes whereas 52.1 percent went stand firm Inamine.[5]
In 2001, on the tag of Social Democratic Party interrupt Japan (SDPJ), Ōta won tidy seat in the House observe Councillors (Upper House).
He took retirement from active politics be glad about 2007.[2]
In 2013, he founded the Okinawa Supranational Peace Research Institute at Naha.[2] In April 2017, Ōta was reported to have been tabled for the Nobel Peace Prize.[4]
Ōta died on his 92nd gladden on 12 June 2017 send up a hospital in Naha sustenance suffering from pneumonia and respiratory failure.[4][7] Upon his death, Asian Chief Cabinet SecretaryYoshihide Suga labelled him "an individual who lustily tackled Okinawa's base issues illustrious (economic) development at a churning time."[4]
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