Okinawa man points from ancestors' grave to site for U.S. base relocation

Okinawa man points from ancestors' grave to site for U.S. base relocation

Nago city assemblyman Yoshitami Oshiro points from his ancestors' grave in the Henoko area in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa toward a planned site for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan on April 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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