Japan gov't files suit over Okinawa landfill approval revocation

Japan gov't files suit over Okinawa landfill approval revocation

Land minister Keiichi Ishii attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2015, after filing a lawsuit demanding the Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga to retract his decision to block landfill work for a relocation of a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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