Ruling on noise at U.S. base in Okinawa

Ruling on noise at U.S. base in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters hold Japanese and English signs demanding U.S. military bases pull out of Okinawa during a rally near the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Foster, known as Camp Zukeran among locals, in Nakagusuku, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 29, 2010. The demonstration took place before the Fukuoka District Court's Naha branch rules in the afternoon on an appeal over a lower court refusal to halt noisy night flights at the U.S. Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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