Nago citizens rally to protest relocation of U.S. heliport

Nago citizens rally to protest relocation of U.S. heliport

NAHA, Japan - Citizens in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, join hands on Dec. 21 to encircle the Nago city hall in protest of the planned relocation of a U.S. military heliport to the city. The protest is held as part of a local peace festival commemorating the third anniversary of a referendum on the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemmma Air Station heliport in central Okinawa to Nago.

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