17,000 people encircle Futemma base in 'human chain'

17,000 people encircle Futemma base in 'human chain'

GINOWAN, Japan - People join hands amid heavy rain to form a ''human chain'' encircling the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 16, 2010. About 17,000 people took part in the demonstration to call for an early return of the base and opposing plans to relocate its functions within the prefecture.

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