In recent years, public opinion against the Henoko relocation has spread outside Okinawa Prefecture. A movement has come together to rethink the base maintain fiscal policy, which has been maintained for many years by the Japanese government. This movement centers on donations to the Henoko fund and the hometown tax in the Nago town in Okinawa prefecture. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the significance of the donations to opposition to the Henoko relocation.
Since a mayor of Nago and a governor of Okinawa Prefecture opposed to base relocation won election, the hometown tax has been growing rapidly. The reaction to the Henoko fund was greater than expected. This fund has collected a donation of 350 million yen in just two months. The policy of Okinawa has been promoted by the government, although individuals would have difficulty expressing an opinion about national security. However, individuals have the power to change the current status by expressing their intentions through donations.
There are some issues with the hometown tax and the Henoko fund initiatives. However, they are important in that they present a new form of contact with money. They have given a valuable suggestion to other local governments that constrained by fiscal policy to maintain military bases or nuclear plants. The Henoko fund and the hometown tax are important from the perspective of peace studies in their confrontation of structural violence.
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