Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga is finalizing plans to take his objections over the planned Futenma replacement base to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva in September, prefectural officials said Thursday.
He is likely to address the body on the central government's moves to build the base in the city of Nago as a violation of Okinawa's human rights and political will.
Onaga and other opponents of the move want U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma kicked out of the prefecture altogether.