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...OKINAWAN, I WAS OUTRAGED BY the rape of the young Okinawan girl by American servicemen. The incident only symbolizes the immense injustice the Okinawans have suffered over the years by both the Japanese and the American governments. MAYUMI SHINJO New York City
...FUROR OVER THE RAPE OF AN Okinawan girl should be tempered by the realization that since the end of World War II the number of crimes by our servicemen has been far outweighed by their many, many acts of decency and humanitarianism. HUGH F. O'REILLY Ewa Beach, Hawaii...
...took shape, according to Japanese police, early in the evening of Monday, Sept. 4, the Labor Day holiday for Americans. Four U.S. servicemen stationed on Okinawa, home base to 29,000 American troops, met at a disco in Naha, the island's main city, and talked about grabbing an Okinawan girl and having some "fun." One man quickly backed out, but, he later told investigators, the other three, two Marines and a sailor, decided to cruise the seaside boulevards in search of prey...
They seem to be everywhere. The 3 Mustaphas 3, a cutting-edge band from England, incorporates styles from the Balkans, Africa and Latin America -- sometimes in a single song. And Shang Shang Typhoon, a Japanese septet with two albums on the Epic/Sony Japan label, blends Okinawan and traditional Japanese music with salsa, reggae, funk and rock. "There is no pure, unadulterated music anymore," says Hart. "Nor should there be. If music doesn't change, it dies. And when the music dies, the community dies." By that measure, the world's future sounds pretty lively...
...problem for the Japanese is how to strengthen Okinawa's economy, which is still heavily dependent on U.S. military spending. To improve the island's unfavorable trade balance ($102 million in exports last year, v. $424 million in imports), the government has urged Japanese firms to open Okinawan branches. Most U.S. firms now on the island expect to remain. As an additional boost, the government plans to hold a huge International Ocean Exposition in 1975 and expects to spend about $1 billion on roads, buildings and other facilities that will continue to help the economy when the exposition...