Protesters oppose government move for base relocation

Protesters oppose government move for base relocation

Protesters stage a sit-in in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Nov. 17, 2015, when land minister Keiichi Ishii filed a lawsuit demanding Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga to retract his decision to block landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. military air base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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