in 1945 he was a young conscript in the japanese imperial army. llies until he saw japanese soldiers murdering okinawans for food and water. and his faith melted away. gettouan is a private home turned restaurant. serving very traditional okinawan dishes. in honor of their outspoken former governor the restaurant has prepared a dish typically served to royals and v.i.ps in what was once the ryukyu kingdom. it's called tundabun, after the lacquered dish the multi bite-sized portions are presented in. >> masahide: let's eat. >> anthony: that's very good. there's some squid. swordfish wrapped in seaweed and simmered in stock in fermented sake. dried sea snake wrapped in kombu and slow simmered. burdock root wrapped in pork loin and slow cooked in katsuo stock. okinawan taro flash fried then dressed with sugar and soy. and pork shoulder, dredged in black sesame, then steamed. you have described, uh, that, uh, you were shocked and surprised to see the -- the japanese soldiers, their treatment of okinawans was not good during the, uh, the battle. >> masa

transfer of all storage and equipment , including food that had been held by the imperial army and navy to the japanese civilian authorities. the problem was not a great scandal. 70% of the said already been looted by the japanese before the occupation began. second, he ordered the u.s. would feed its own occupation forces. this is very significant because japan's policy throughout areas that it occupied was that the local areas had to supply food to the occupying armies. this had disastrous effects on many places, particularly in vietnam where 1.5 million vietnamese starved to death in 1945. undoubtedly, the decision to make sure that we fed our own troops saved thousands of japanese lives in the coming months. third, he cast aside the prohibition of the using u.s. food stamps to feed japanese by ordering 3.5 million tons of food to japanese that have been stored for the invasion. they shipped macarthur's options. first, the urgent crisis involved urban, not the rural population. most verbal self suppliers fared well. a few urbanites had previously scorned them. the second problem was the lack of food