Work on drilling begins for planned offshore airport in Okinawa

Work on drilling begins for planned offshore airport in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - People protest as the government on Nov. 16 began work on building a platform at a planned seabed drilling site off Nago, northern Okinawa, in preparation for the construction of a proposed civilian-military offshore airport in the area. A government boat (C) keeps watch.

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