Phone call from Okinawa

Humiko Shimabukuro, an 83 year-old Okinawa woman, gave me a phone call today. She got seriously hurt in the war at Okinawa, and has been acting against the wars and army bases. A few days ago, I sent her some pictures of 3/11 anti nuke demonstration walking , in which my grandsons held Okinawa drums given by her as presents. I also sent a book written by Ruiko Mutou, a woman from Fukushima who suffers the radiation and works against the TEPCO and nuke. Shimabukuro said, ”What can we do for Fukushima? We are talking about it.” She told me to send her ten books. “I’d like to give them to my friends.”

She is one of the people of Okinawa that has been suffering because of the U.S. army bases and the government of Japan. She is old but busy to take in the activity herself. SHE is worried about Fukushima! What compassion! Should we call it solidarity of suffering people? She says, ”The issue of Okinawa and that of nuke plants are the same.”