{"id":44895,"date":"2026-10-20T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=44895"},"modified":"2026-11-09T16:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:46:41","slug":"okinawa-the-achilles-heel-of-the-u-s-japan-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/okinawa-the-achilles-heel-of-the-u-s-japan-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Okinawa: Achillova pata americko-japonsk\u00e9ho spojenectv\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44895\" class=\"elementor elementor-44895\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71aa5192 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71aa5192\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dc76e51\" data-id=\"7dc76e51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-727c4b18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"727c4b18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-727c4b18{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f8b1ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33f8b1ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Foto: Unsplash.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c413e0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c413e0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4af2260e\" data-id=\"4af2260e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ac7d44b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ac7d44b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7bffc7\" data-id=\"b7bffc7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11488812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11488812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Co se d\u011bje?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Japonsko<\/strong> a <strong>Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty<\/strong> b\u011bhem leto\u0161n\u00edho \u0159\u00edjna upev\u0148uj\u00ed a <strong>posiluj\u00ed sv\u00e9 spojenectv\u00ed<\/strong> v\u00a0Indo-Pacifiku, a\u0165 u\u017e se jedn\u00e1 o diplomatick\u00e9 dohody, koordinaci zahrani\u010dn\u00ed pomoci, spolupr\u00e1ci v oblasti ekonomick\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnosti \u010di n\u011bkterou z \u0159ady dal\u0161\u00edch aktivit. Navzdory tomuto pozitivn\u00edmu v\u00fdvoji v\u0161ak do jedn\u00e1n\u00ed p\u0159edstavitel\u016f obou zem\u00ed zas\u00e1hl dal\u0161\u00ed p\u0159\u00edpad t\u00fdkaj\u00edc\u00ed se jednoho z nejcitliv\u011bj\u0161\u00edch t\u00e9mat jejich vz\u00e1jemn\u00fdch vztah\u016f, a sice <strong>p\u0159\u00edtomnosti americk\u00fdch ozbrojen\u00fdch sil na Okinaw\u011b<\/strong>. Tam byl ned\u00e1vno <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cme3xw4yy28do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zat\u010den<\/a> americk\u00fd p\u0159\u00edslu\u0161n\u00edk n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed p\u011bchoty (U.S. Marine Corps) pro <strong>podez\u0159en\u00ed z vra\u017edy a okraden\u00ed <\/strong>m\u00edstn\u00ed \u017eeny.<\/p><h2>Jak\u00e9 jsou \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed souvislosti?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dne <strong>8. \u0159\u00edjna<\/strong> japonsk\u00fd ministr zahrani\u010d\u00ed <strong>To\u0161imicu Motegi<\/strong> a <strong>12 americk\u00fdch diplomat\u016f<\/strong> p\u016fsob\u00edc\u00edch v Indo-Pacifiku, v\u010detn\u011b velvyslanc\u016f v <strong>Japonsku <\/strong>a <strong>\u010c\u00edn\u011b<\/strong> a \u0159editele Americk\u00e9ho institutu na <strong>Tchaj-wanu<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/news\/20261009de56935\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potvrdili<\/a>, \u017ee Japonsko a Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty budou nad\u00e1le <strong>spolupracovat na zaji\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed region\u00e1ln\u00ed stability a prosperity<\/strong>. Motegi zd\u016fraznil, \u017ee <strong>s\u00a0vyost\u0159uj\u00edc\u00ed se<\/strong><strong>bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed situac\u00ed v regionu nab\u00fdv\u00e1 americko-japonsk\u00e9 spojenectv\u00ed st\u00e1le v\u011bt\u0161\u00edho v\u00fdznamu<\/strong>. Ameri\u010dt\u00ed p\u0159edstavitel\u00e9 z\u00e1rove\u0148 znovu potvrdili sv\u016fj <strong>neochv\u011bjn\u00fd z\u00e1vazek v\u016f\u010di Indo-Pacifiku<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O \u010dty\u0159i dny pozd\u011bji se <strong>Allison Hooker<\/strong>, n\u00e1m\u011bstkyn\u011b americk\u00e9ho ministra zahrani\u010d\u00ed pro politick\u00e9 z\u00e1le\u017eitosti, a <strong>Hirojuki Namazu<\/strong>, japonsk\u00fd n\u00e1m\u011bstek ministra zahrani\u010d\u00ed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesman\/2026\/10\/second-u-s-japan-free-and-open-indo-pacific-foip-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">z\u00fa\u010dastnili<\/a> druh\u00e9ho <strong>Dialogu USA a Japonska o svobodn\u00e9m a otev\u0159en\u00e9m Indo-Pacifiku <\/strong>(Free and Open Indo-Pacific, FOIP). Setk\u00e1n\u00ed se konalo u p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitosti <strong>10. v\u00fdro\u010d\u00ed<\/strong> koncepce FOIP, kterou v roce 2016 p\u0159edstavil zesnul\u00fd premi\u00e9r <strong>\u0160inz\u00f3 Abe<\/strong> a kterou letos <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/japans-free-and-open-indo-pacific-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aktualizovala<\/a> sou\u010dasn\u00e1 premi\u00e9rka <strong>Sanae Takai\u010di<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ob\u011b strany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesman\/2026\/10\/second-u-s-japan-free-and-open-indo-pacific-foip-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jednaly<\/a> o mo\u017enostech <strong>koordinace zahrani\u010dn\u00ed a bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed pomoci<\/strong> v prioritn\u00edch zem\u00edch. Mezi konkr\u00e9tn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edklady pat\u0159\u00ed <strong>luzonsk\u00fd ekonomick\u00fd koridor<\/strong> na <strong>Filip\u00edn\u00e1ch<\/strong>, <strong>Japonsko-americk\u00e9 partnerstv\u00ed pro energetiku v oblasti Mekongu <\/strong>(Japan-U.S. Mekong Power Partnership) a <strong>osv\u011bta v oblasti n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed bezpe\u010dnosti<\/strong> v <strong>jihov\u00fdchodn\u00ed Asii<\/strong> a na <strong>ostrovech Tichomo\u0159\u00ed<\/strong>. Z\u00e1stupci obou zem\u00ed rovn\u011b\u017e zhodnotili pokrok v oblasti ekonomick\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnosti, digit\u00e1ln\u00ed konektivity, energetick\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnosti a obrann\u00e9ho pr\u016fmyslu. V kontextu mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnosti jednali tak\u00e9 o u\u017e\u0161\u00ed koordinaci s partnery v indopacifick\u00e9m regionu a o prohlubuj\u00edc\u00ed se spolupr\u00e1ci Japonska s <strong>NATO<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Na pozad\u00ed t\u011bchto dohod a vz\u00e1jemn\u00fdch uji\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed v\u0161ak z\u016fst\u00e1val p\u0159\u00edpad okraden\u00ed a vra\u017edy m\u00edstn\u00ed okinawsk\u00e9 \u017eeny. K incidentu do\u0161lo <strong>3. \u0159\u00edjna<\/strong> a podez\u0159el\u00fd Ameri\u010dan byl zat\u010den hned n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00ed den. Takai\u010di <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/news\/20261005de54802\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ozna\u010dila<\/a> \u010din za \u201eohavn\u00fd\u201c a <strong>vyzvala k p\u0159\u00edsn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed discipl\u00edn\u011b<\/strong> mezi p\u0159\u00edslu\u0161n\u00edky americk\u00fdch ozbrojen\u00fdch sil a p\u0159ijet\u00ed <strong>opat\u0159en\u00ed<\/strong>, kter\u00e1 by <strong>zabr\u00e1nila opakov\u00e1n\u00ed podobn\u00fdch incident\u016f<\/strong>. D\u016fle\u017eitost p\u0159edch\u00e1zen\u00ed podobn\u00fdm incident\u016fm <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/news\/20261009de56935\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zd\u016fraznil<\/a> i Motegi b\u011bhem v\u00fd\u0161e zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00e9ho setk\u00e1n\u00ed s americk\u00fdmi vyslanci.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Americk\u00e9 velvyslanectv\u00ed <\/strong>v Tokiu a <strong>n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed p\u011bchota USA<\/strong> vyj\u00e1d\u0159ily soustrast poz\u016fstal\u00fdm a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cme3xw4yy28do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uvedly<\/a>, \u017ee pln\u011b spolupracuj\u00ed s japonsk\u00fdmi \u00fa\u0159ady. Od 9. \u0159\u00edjna se nav\u00edc na v\u0161echny p\u0159\u00edslu\u0161n\u00edky americk\u00fdch ozbrojen\u00fdch sil na Okinaw\u011b vztahuje <strong>t\u0159icetidenn\u00ed <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/news\/20261010de57648\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>z\u00e1kaz no\u010dn\u00edho vych\u00e1zen\u00ed<\/strong><\/a> v \u010dase od p\u016flnoci do p\u011bti hodin r\u00e1no.<\/p><h2>Pro\u010d je to d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Po druh\u00e9 sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lce se Japonsko a Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty prom\u011bnily z hlavn\u00edch protivn\u00edk\u016f v bl\u00edzk\u00e9 spojence. Okinawa v\u0161ak pat\u0159\u00ed k t\u011bm \u010d\u00e1stem Japonska, kter\u00e9 za m\u00edr zaplatily <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/prisoners-of-okinawan-geography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00ed cenu<\/a>. B\u011bhem <strong>bitvy o Okinawu<\/strong> v z\u00e1v\u011bru druh\u00e9 sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lky utrp\u011bla tato oblast obrovsk\u00e9 ztr\u00e1ty. N\u00e1sledn\u011b z\u016fstala a\u017e do roku <strong>1972 pod americkou spr\u00e1vou<\/strong> a b\u011bhem <strong>korejsk\u00e9 i vietnamsk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky<\/strong> slou\u017eila jako strategicky v\u00fdznamn\u00e1 vojensk\u00e1 z\u00e1kladna. Okinawsk\u00e1 prefektura dodnes host\u00ed p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/japan-us-military-okinawa-marine-arrested-be87679d33e3c0d9e6e453a9e3e5826f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>70 %<\/strong><\/a> <strong>v\u0161ech americk\u00fdch vojensk\u00fdch za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed v Japonsku<\/strong>, co\u017e mezi m\u00edstn\u00edmi obyvateli nad\u00e1le vyvol\u00e1v\u00e1 zna\u010dnou nevoli.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/sgp.fas.org\/crs\/row\/R42645.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argumentuje<\/a>, \u017ee vzhledem ke <strong>strategick\u00e9 poloze Okinawy<\/strong> je p\u0159\u00edtomnost americk\u00fdch ozbrojen\u00fdch sil nezbytn\u00e1 jak pro <strong>obranu Japonska<\/strong>, tak pro <strong>udr\u017een\u00ed region\u00e1ln\u00ed stability<\/strong>. Tato p\u0159\u00edtomnost m\u00e1 v\u0161ak i <a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2026\/05\/why-does-okinawa-have-so-many-us-military-bases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">negativn\u00ed d\u016fsledky<\/a>, a to v\u010detn\u011b <strong>hluku<\/strong>, <strong>dopadu na<\/strong> <strong>\u017eivotn\u00ed prost\u0159ed\u00ed<\/strong> a <strong>kriminality<\/strong>. Situaci nav\u00edc zhor\u0161uje skute\u010dnost, \u017ee po\u010det <strong>trestn\u00edch p\u0159\u00edpad\u016f spojen\u00fdch s p\u0159\u00edslu\u0161n\u00edky americk\u00fdch ozbrojen\u00fdch sil<\/strong> v posledn\u00edch letech <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/japan-us-military-okinawa-marine-arrested-be87679d33e3c0d9e6e453a9e3e5826f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>vzrostl<\/strong><\/a> z p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b <strong>40 v roce 2020<\/strong>na <strong>101 v roce 2025<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tyto negativn\u00ed dopady poskytuj\u00ed \u017eivnou p\u016fdu tak\u00e9 pro <strong>\u010d\u00ednskou propagandu<\/strong>. P\u0159itom je to pr\u00e1v\u011b kv\u016fli <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/not-so-happy-anniversary-indo-pacific-waters-10-years-after-the-south-china-sea-arbitration-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rostouc\u00ed asertivit\u011b \u010c\u00edny<\/a> <strong>v\u00a0kombinaci<\/strong> <strong>s jej\u00ed prohlubuj\u00edc\u00ed se spoluprac\u00ed<\/strong> s dal\u0161\u00edmi region\u00e1ln\u00edmi akt\u00e9ry, jako jsou <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/news\/20261014de59015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rusko<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/news\/20261012de58086\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Severn\u00ed Korea<\/a>, \u017ee Japonsko, Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty a dal\u0161\u00ed podobn\u011b sm\u00fd\u0161lej\u00edc\u00ed zem\u011b Indo-Pacifiku vz\u00e1jemnou spolupr\u00e1ci posiluj\u00ed. \u010c\u00edna vyu\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 <strong>negativn\u00edch zku\u0161enost\u00ed <\/strong><strong>vych\u00e1zej\u00edc\u00edch z\u00a0dosavadn\u00edch americko-japonsk\u00fdch vztah\u016f<\/strong> k\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2025\/01\/25\/china-infiltrating-japan-in-preparation-for-taiwan-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podn\u011bcov\u00e1n\u00ed<\/a> <strong>hnut\u00ed za nez\u00e1vislost Okinawy<\/strong>. \u010c\u00ednsk\u00e1 st\u00e1tn\u00ed m\u00e9dia z\u00e1rove\u0148 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202610\/1372354.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vykresluj\u00ed<\/a> rostouc\u00ed japonsk\u00e9 v\u00fddaje na obranu, budov\u00e1n\u00ed <a href=\"https:\/\/english.cw.com.tw\/article\/article.action?id=5064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">region\u00e1ln\u00edch spojenectv\u00ed<\/a> a aktivn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed zapojen\u00ed Tokia do mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho d\u011bn\u00ed prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm iniciativ typu FOIP jako projevy<strong>\u201evojensk\u00e9 expanze\u201c<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okinawa tak z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 jedn\u00edm ze <strong>strategicky nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00edch, <\/strong><strong>ale z\u00e1rove\u0148<\/strong><strong> nejzraniteln\u011bj\u0161\u00edch <\/strong><strong>bod\u016f americko-japonsk\u00fdch vztah\u016f<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> Zp\u016fsob, jak\u00fdm Tokio a Washington tuto citlivou ot\u00e1zku nad\u00e1le uchop\u00ed, bude z\u00e1sadn\u00ed pro zachov\u00e1n\u00ed dlouhodob\u00e9 stability jejich spojenectv\u00ed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Unsplash.com Foto: Unsplash.com What is happening? 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