ABSTRACT
This chapter observes a continuing activism in Asia: anti-US base protest. Since the end of World War II, protests against US military basing and related policies have continued in the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea. The protests have covered diverse issues, such as base closure, base construction through land expropriation, jurisdiction and custody when American military personnel commit crimes, and environmental problems in and around military bases. These protests have demanded a change to policies that violate valued norms such as pacifism, anti-militarism, sovereignty, human rights, anti-nuclear, and environmental concerns. Kawato examines the influence of these demands, based on so-called “normative arguments,” on base policies.
