 As a consequence of campaigns to improve soil quality on Okinawa, many surrounding coral reefs were destroyed.According to Matsushima, the Japanese people are not aware of the complexities of the Okinawan situation.The Japanese pretend to understand it and hypocritically sympathize with Okinawans, but until they understand that the U.S. bases as incursions on Japanese soil, and that the lives and land of the Okinawans have the same value as their own, the discrimination will not end.