The project to relocate a U.S. military base to the Henoko coastal area in Okinawa Prefecture is entering a new phase five years after land reclamation began there.
On Dec. 14, 2018, the Japanese government began landfill work in the Henoko area in the city of Nago to build a facility that will take over the functions of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, also in Okinawa.
On Wednesday, a high court branch in Okinawa is scheduled to issue a ruling on a lawsuit filed by the central government against the Okinawa Prefectural Government over procedures for improving soft ground off the coast of Henoko.