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Japan plans further land reclamation work at Henoko site of new U.S. base in Okinawa from March
The central government plans to start soil placement for further reclamation work in an area off the Henoko coastal district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in March, sources with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday. The Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau will soon inform the Okinawa Prefectural ...
Okinawa governor says prefecture still intends to go ahead with Futenma referendum
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki clarifies his intention to hold a referendum over the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture on in late February as planned.
Mayor blasts Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki as Ginowan city abstains from vote on Henoko land reclamation
Amid long-standing political wrangling over construction of a new U.S. base in Okinawa, the mayor of the city of Ginowan in the prefecture has said the municipality will not participate in a prefectural referendum set to be held over reclamation of land in order ...
Three Okinawa city assemblies vote against referendum-related budgets
The assemblies of three cities in Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday voted down their respective draft supplementary budgets including funds to cover costs for administrative work related to a planned prefectural referendum on a U.S. base relocation plan. The three cities are Ginowan, Okinawa and Uruma. ...
Petition calling for halt to Okinawa base work meets threshold to warrant White House reply
A petition to Washington that calls for a temporary halt to reclamation work for the construction of a U.S. base off Okinawa hit the signature threshold on Tuesday to warrant a response from the White House. Robert Kajiwara, a 32-year-old Japanese-American from Hawaii, started the ...
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki calls government-sanctioned work on U.S. base relocation 'intolerable'
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Saturday showed his resolve to counter Tokyo's efforts to press ahead with a controversial U.S. military base relocation project in the prefecture. It was "intolerable" that the Japanese government on Friday started dumping soil into the landfill off the Henoko ...
Japan begins filling in Henoko bay in Okinawa to make room for unpopular U.S. base
The pouring of soil and sand marks a new and significant phase in the relocation process for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya indicated Friday that the return of land occupied by a key U.S. military base in Okinawa will likely not be realized by fiscal 2022, despite the start the same day of full-fledged land reclamation work to build its replacement facility. "It ...
A high court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that found a prominent anti-U.S. military base activist in Okinawa guilty of several criminal offenses committed during protests in the island prefecture. Hiroji Yamashiro, 66, a key figure in the movement against the relocation of ...
Students at an elementary school in Okinawa Prefecture have taken shelter nearly 700 times due to U.S. military aircraft flying overhead since an American helicopter window fell onto the school's yard a year ago. On Dec. 13 last year, a window fell from a CH-53E ...
Tensions high in Okinawa as barges await orders to start filling in Henoko bay for U.S. base
Tensions between the central government and Okinawa rose further on Friday as five vessels were moved into the sea near the Henoko district of Nago, in the north of the prefecture, a key step in the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within ...
Full-fledged land reclamation work for Henoko U.S. base site to begin on Dec. 14
Soil and sand are now being loaded on barges for the controversial construction project in Okinawa Prefecture.
