High court backs damages awarded to Okinawa residents for base noise

High court backs damages awarded to Okinawa residents for base noise

Chief Judge Toshiro Tamiya sits in a courtroom at the Fukuoka High Court's Naha branch in the capital of Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2016, to hand down a ruling on a damages suit filed by about 2,200 local residents against the central government over aircraft noise from a U.S. Marine Corps base. The high court upheld a lower court decision ordering the central government to pay damages of around 950 million yen ($8.3 million). (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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