Protest against drilling survey for base transfer in Okinawa

Protest against drilling survey for base transfer in Okinawa

Citizens stage a protest in Nago in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture on March 24, 2015, against the Japanese government's drilling survey for relocating U.S. Futenma air station within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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