Gov't starts drilling survey for U.S. base relocation

Gov't starts drilling survey for U.S. base relocation

NAGO, Japan - People lodge a protest on Aug. 18, 2014, in front of the gate of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa, as the Japanese government started a drilling survey with a jack-up barge off the Henoko district of Nago to relocate the U.S. Futenma airbase there.

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