Okinawa orders suspension of work related to base relocation

Okinawa orders suspension of work related to base relocation

Photo taken March 12, 2015, shows a seabed-boring survey resumed by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. The Okinawa prefectural government ordered the local office of the Defense Ministry on March 23 to suspend the underwater work at the planned relocation site for a key U.S. military base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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