Minister suspends Okinawa's order to halt U.S. base work

Minister suspends Okinawa's order to halt U.S. base work

A seabed-boring survey is conducted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago on March 30, 2015, for relocating a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, with the presence of boats (front) of the Maritime Safety Agency to provide for contingencies involving people opposed to the relocation. Fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi suspended the same day an instruction by the Okinawa governor for the bureau to halt the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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