Buoys installed off coast of U.S. Camp Schwab in Okinawa

Buoys installed off coast of U.S. Camp Schwab in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Buoys are installed off the coast of U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab to cordon off a shoreline stretch of the Henoko district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug 14, 2014, amid demonstrations by protesters. An area off Henoko will be the site of a replacement facility for the Futenma air base in the densely populated southern Okinawa city of Ginowan.

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