Controversial U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Controversial U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a sit-in on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be controversially relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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