Enlightening through TV : USCAR Public Diplomacy, 1950-1972

Enlightening through TV

USCAR Public Diplomacy, 1950-1972

Edited Volume

Culture & Religion

Area Studies

Sociology

History

Toshihiko KISHI, Hidekazu SENSUI, Risa NAKAYAMA

貴志俊彦(Center for Southeast Asian Studies / Co-Author, Editor)

Toshihiko Kishi (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Co-Author, Editor)

Year-Month

2020.02

Format

1 book + 6 DVDs

Publisher

Fuji-shuppan

ISBN

9784835083339

Price

30,000

Pages

268

Language

Japanese

Table of Contents

Illustrations 3
Editorial Notes and Abbreviations 19
DVD Contents 20
Maps 22

Introduction TOSHIHIKO KISHI 23

1. US Military Public Diplomacy in Postwar Okinawa: How USCAR Films Were Produced,
Utilized and Preserved TOSHIHIKO KISHI 27

2. TV Program Production by the Audio-Visual Division, USCAR and the Restoration of Its
Programs: People, Time and Place, Productive Industries of Okinawa, and The Special
Program RISA NAKAYAMA 73

3. Welfare as a USCAR Propaganda Tool: Public Health and Social Welfare Projects Featured
in People, Time and Place HIDEKAZU SENSUI 115

Essays
1. What Was USCAR? ATSUSHI TORIYAMA 156
2. The High Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands HIDEKO YOSHIMOTO 158
3. The Ryukyuan-American Cultural Center TSUYOSHI KOHAGURA 160
4. Okinawans Studying in the US under the GARIOA Student Program KINUKO YAMAZATO 162
5. The University of the Ryukyus Shikiya Library and a Lottery NORIKO KUGAI 164
6. USCAR Women’s Clubs: Two Types YOKO MUKAI 166
7. The Representation of “The Gift of Love:” Christmas in Okinawa under Occupation KYOKO AGUNI 168
8. Anecdotes on“Ryukyuan-American Friendship” KATSUHIKO SHINZATO 170
9. Postwar Kumejima HIROSHI NAKACHI 172
10. Zamami Island under US Military Rule YUKIE OSHIRO 174
11. Film Production in Postwar Okinawa and the Shadow of USCAR TOSHIKAZU SERA 176
12. US Military Psychological Operations and Okinawa SOMEI KOBAYASHI 178
13. USCAR in the History of the Okinawan Sugar Industry KIKOTO ZAMAMI 180
14. The Takunan Steel Company WAKANA TAMAKI 182

Afterword and Acknowledgements RISA NAKAYAMA 185

Miscellany
1. An Interview with Akio Uehara, a Former USCAR A. V. Specialist 191
2. Program Titles of People, Time and Place 217
3. The Script for“The Electrification Plan of Remote Islands by the Ryukyu Electric Power
Corporation: Kumejima” 235
4. High Commissioners, Chief Executives and Other Government Officials 247
5. Chronology (1945-1972) 251

Further Readings 267
List of Illustrations 272
Index 275
The Editors and Contributors 280

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