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The Japanese archipelago has become a US military communications base for nuclear strategy in Far East Asia and around the world. Many of the antennas in this photo book, both at private and military facilities, were integrated into a massive global information and communications network known as the C3I system under the control of the US military. Private communications companies were also designated as backup lines in the event that military bases were disabled by attack. C3I is a military term used by the US Department of Defense and stands for Command, Control, and Communications, plus the “I” for Intelligence.

Photographer Ina Eiji was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in 1957. He is currently the principal of Tokyo College of Photography. He has produced and exhibited works on modern and contemporary Japanese themes such as cities, the environment, military and history, including communication antennas at US military bases across Japan, industrial waste, surveillance cameras scattered throughout cities, and the Emperor’s Mausoleum.

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