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Peace movement leader hands over sash for peace march

NAHA, Japan - Hiroji Yamashiro (L), chairman of the "Okinawa Heiwa Undo Center" (Okinawa Peace Movement Center), hands over a sash to a man at the inauguration ceremony for a 窶徘eace march窶 in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2014, the 42nd anniversary of Okinawa's reversion from U.S. control back to Japan.

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Protesters in Okinawa urged to remove tents in front of U.S. base

Officials (R) of the Okinawa prefectural government's national highways office demand on Feb. 19, 2015, the removal by Feb. 26 of tents and billboards in front of Camp Schwab in Nago set up by a group of citizens protesting against the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago. The demand was conveyed to Hiroji Yamashiro, chairman of the Okinawa Peace Movement Center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arrest of 2 U.S. base-relocation opponents in Okinawa sparks protests

Hiroji Yamashiro (R front), chairman of a peace movement civic group in Okinawa, is welcomed by supporters in front of the Nago Police Station in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 23, 2015. Yamashiro, who is opposed to the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture, was released following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of violating a special criminal law under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arrest of 2 U.S. base-relocation opponents in Okinawa sparks protests

Hiroji Yamashiro, chairman of a peace movement civic group in Okinawa, leaves the Nago Police Station in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 23, 2015. Yamashiro, who is opposed to the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture, was released following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of violating a special criminal law under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arrest of 2 U.S. base-relocation opponents in Okinawa sparks protests

Hiroji Yamashiro (C), chairman of a peace movement civic group in Okinawa, speaks in front of the Nago Police Station in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 23, 2015. Yamashiro, who is opposed to the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture, was released following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of violating a special criminal law under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa activist blasts Japan gov't "oppression" at U.N.

Hiroji Yamashiro, a prominent activist in Okinawa, meets with reporters in Geneva on June 15, 2017, after addressing a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting. Yamashiro, who was detained for five months for what he and his supporters call minor offenses during a protest against U.S. military bases, said the government has committed "clear human rights violations" against activists in the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antibase Okinawa activist to talk about "undue oppression" at U.N.

Hiroji Yamashiro, a prominent anti-U.S. base activist in Okinawa, holds a press conference at the prefectural government hall on May 16, 2017. Yamashiro, 64, who was detained for around five months from October for what his supporters call minor offenses during base protest activities, is scheduled to deliver a speech at a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva in mid-June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prominent antibase activist released in Okinawa

Hiroji Yamashiro (front), a peace activist charged with forcible obstruction of business and assault in connection with his opposition to U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, celebrates with his supporters after being released from five months' detention in Naha on March 18, 2017. His release follows a ruling by the Naha District Court the previous day to grant bail to Yamashiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court grants bail to prominent antibase activist in Okinawa

Supporters of Hiroji Yamashiro, a peace activist charged with forcible obstruction of business and assault in connection with his opposition to U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, demonstrate in front of the Naha District Court on March 17, 2017, calling for his immediate release from five months' detention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court grants bail to prominent antibase activist in Okinawa

Supporters of Hiroji Yamashiro, a peace activist charged with forcible obstruction of business and assault in connection with his opposition to U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, demonstrate in front of the Naha District Court on March 17, 2017, calling for his immediate release from five months' detention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court grants bail to prominent antibase activist in Okinawa

The Naha District Court in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa holds on March 17, 2017, the first court hearing for Hiroji Yamashiro, a peace activist charged with forcible obstruction of business and assault in connection with his opposition to U.S. military bases in the prefecture. The court granted bail to the 64-year-old head of the Okinawa Peace Action Center after he pleaded not guilty. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Supporters call for release of Okinawa activist in N.Y.

Supporters of a prominent activist opposing U.S. bases in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa hold placards in front of the Japanese consulate in New York on March 2, 2017, calling for his release from more than four months' detention. Human rights groups have called the arrest of Hiroji Yamashiro political oppression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo