Okinawa landowner to win back plot inside 'Elephant Cage' on Mon.

Okinawa landowner to win back plot inside 'Elephant Cage' on Mon.

NAHA, Japan - Shoichi Chibana, an antiwar activist who owns a plot of land in the U.S. Navy's communication facility in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, poses on a road leading to the facility commonly known as the ''Elephant Cage'' on July 24. Cbana will win back his land on July 31 when the Japanese government's expropriation expires.

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