NAGO, Japan - Citizens of Nago, northern Okinawa, stage a protest during a meeting between Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine and Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto at a Nago public hall Dec. 3. In the meeting, Inamine asked Kishimoto to accept a plan for the city to host a U.S. Marine Corps heliport. Some 100 citizens staged a sit-in at the main entrance, forcing the governor to be escorted through a side door by supporters of the relocation plan.

NAGO, Japan - Citizens of Nago, northern Okinawa, stage a protest during a meeting between Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine and Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto at a Nago public hall Dec. 3. In the meeting, Inamine asked Kishimoto to accept a plan for the city to host a U.S. Marine Corps heliport. Some 100 citizens staged a sit-in at the main entrance, forcing the governor to be escorted through a side door by supporters of the relocation plan.

NAGO, Japan - Citizens of Nago, northern Okinawa, stage a protest during a meeting between Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine and Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto at a Nago public hall Dec. 3. In the meeting, Inamine asked Kishimoto to accept a plan for the city to host a U.S. Marine Corps heliport. Some 100 citizens staged a sit-in at the main entrance, forcing the governor to be escorted through a side door by supporters of the relocation plan.

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