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...Flanked by the works of Michael Stevenson, Yuken Teruya and Michael Parekowhai (see following story), they also look remarkably at home in a gallery in subtropical Brisbane. Bento, for one, is smitten with the work of Japanese sculptor Teruya, who uses tweezers to fashion miniature trees from discarded paper shopping bags. "I love anything done with hands," she says. And contemporary art is all the richer for this poignant patchwork of the Pacific...
...cars across one of the airfield's long runways to get a glimpse of America's military hardware: an AWAC surveillance plane, armored vehicles, grenade launchers. Still, thoughts of the alleged rape were never far away. "My girlfriends and I are always bothered by these American servicemen," said Kaori Teruya. "They live in this safe place, behind fences, but they come out, do bad things to us and then return to their safe refuge." That uneasy relationship between the young people of two close allies won't end anytime soon...
...strange anomalies. On Saturday and Sunday, following the furor over Friday's alleged rape, the Kadena base opened its gates to visitors for an "American Fest" with carnival rides, a haunted house and a menu of hotdogs, hamburgers and barbecued ribs. One of the visitors, 27-year-old Kaori Teruya, stepped inside a huge transport plane, the reports of the rape attack not far from her mind. "My girlfriends and I are always bothered by these American servicemen," Teruya said. "I am scared." The disturbing question is: How can Okinawans like Teruya feel so unsafe living alongside U.S. servicemen?whose...
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