Director Hayao Miyazaki Speaks Out
Appealing to the Wishes of the Okinawan People
July 13, 2015, Tokyo, Japan - World-renown Japanese animated film director Hayao Miyazaki talks animatedly about the Henoko Fund and his views against the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sets to bulldoze through the Diet during a news conference at his studio in the western suburbs of Tokyo on Monday, July 13, 2015. He became one of the key backers behind the Henoko Fund which aims to collect donations to stop a military base from being built in the Henoko area in the western suburbs of Tokyo on Monday, July 13, 2015. Now 74, Miyazaki, who is sometimes dubbed Japan's Walt Disney, is winding down a legendary career after having directed some of the country's most famous films. Now 74, Miyazaki, who is sometimes dubbed Japan's Walt Disney, is winding down a legendary career after having directed some of the country's best-loved and most critically acclaimed movies of the last three decades. -mis-