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U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

People protest in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2024, after the central government began construction work in the sea off Nago's Henoko area for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

People protest in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2024, after the central government began construction work in the sea off Nago's Henoko area for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

People protest in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2024, after the central government began construction work in the sea off Nago's Henoko area for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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JAPAN-OKINAWA-U.S. BASE RELOCATION-DESIGN CHANGE-APPROVAL

(231229) -- TOKYO, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 25, 2023 shows a placard protesting against the construction of U.S. base in Henoko coastal area near the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan. The Japanese government on Thursday gave the green light to a revised plan for a key U.S. base relocation within Okinawa prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the prefectural government's objection, local media reported. (Xinhua/Feng Wuyong)

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Protesters rally in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 20, 2023, with signs against the planned relocation of a key U.S. base to the southern Japan island prefecture's Henoko coastal area adjacent to the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab from another part of Okinawa.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People protest in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2023, against the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the Henoko coastal district, also in Nago, from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture, exactly five years after offshore landfill work for the transfer began.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Protesters stage a sit-in with signs against the planned relocation of a key U.S. base in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa, on Oct. 30, 2023, the day of a court hearing for a lawsuit on the issue was held at the Fukuoka High Court's branch in Naha in the southern island prefecture.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2023, following the central government's filing earlier in the day of a lawsuit against the Okinawa governor, seeking to proceed with its modified plan for landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a sit-in in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2023, following the central government's filing earlier in the day of a lawsuit against the Okinawa governor, seeking to proceed with its modified plan for landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

A protester holding a sign against the planned relocation of a key U.S. base is taken away by riot police officers while staging a sit-in in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 4, 2023. Japan's Supreme Court turned down the same day an appeal by the prefecture against the state's order to advance landfill work in the neighboring Henoko coastal area for the planned relocation the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

A protester holding a sign against the planned relocation of a key U.S. base is taken away by riot police officers while staging a sit-in in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 4, 2023. Japan's Supreme Court turned down the same day an appeal by the prefecture against the state's order to advance landfill work in the neighboring Henoko coastal area for the planned relocation the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Protesters stage a sit-in in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 4, 2023, against the planned relocation of a key U.S. base from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture. Japan's Supreme Court turned down the same day an appeal by the prefecture against the state's order to advance landfill work in the neighboring Henoko coastal area for the relocation.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Protesters stage a sit-in in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 4, 2023, against the planned relocation of a key U.S. base from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture. Japan's Supreme Court turned down the same day an appeal by the prefecture against the state's order to advance landfill work in the neighboring Henoko coastal area for the relocation.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Protesters stage a sit-in in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 4, 2023, against the planned relocation of a key U.S. base from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture. Japan's Supreme Court turned down the same day an appeal by the prefecture against the state's order to advance landfill work in the neighboring Henoko coastal area for the relocation.

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51st anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule

People rally in protest over Okinawa Prefecture's continued hosting of the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan in front of the gate to the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab in the prefectural city of Nago to mark the 51st anniversary of the southern prefecture's reversion to Japan from U.S. rule on May 15, 2023.

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Sit-in protest against U.S. base transfer work

NAGO, Japan, April 23 Kyodo - Protestors stage a sit-in at the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 23, 2018, to block the passage of construction vehicles mobilized by the Japanese government for the relocation of the Marines' Air Station Futenma to the district.==Kyodo

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Gov't to resume base relocation site survey drilling in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - People gather to protest in front of a gate at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in the city of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 15, 2015, as the Japanese government began preparations to resume a seabed boring survey off the city's Henoko district for the planned construction of a U.S. base replacement.

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Okinawa gov.-elect visits Henoko

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa governor-elect Takeshi Onaga on Nov. 19, 2014, visits the Camp Schwab entrance gate in Nago in the southwestern Japanese prefecture where citizens continue a sit-in protest against the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in the same prefecture.

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Boat w/Okinawa Defense Bureau flag in Nago

NAGO, Japan - A boat carrying a flag of the Okinawa Defense Bureau is spotted on Aug. 22, 2014, near a ship for survey drilling off the coast of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, for the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. The U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab is seen in the back.

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Old woman continues protesting base relocation in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Fumiko Shimabukuro, who was seriously burned by a U.S. flamethrower during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, continues to protest in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2014, against the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base to the coastal area.

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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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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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Gov't begins seabed survey for U.S. Futenma base transfer

NAGO, Japan - People lodge a protest on Aug. 17, 2014, in front of the gate of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa, as the Japanese government started a seabed survey for landfill work to relocate the U.S. Futenma airbase there.

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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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People protest base relocation plan in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - People sit in front of the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2014, to protest the planned landfill work for the relocation of the Futenma air station in Ginowan to the Henoko district in the northern Okinawa city.

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Workers unload supplies for base relocation in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Workers unload what appear to be buoys from a truck near the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2014. The Japanese government has begun preparatory work for the relocation of the Futenma air station in Ginowan to the Henoko district in Nago.

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Equipment brought in for seafloor probe

NAHA, Japan - Equipment for a seafloor survey is seen at Camp Schwab, Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 20, 2014. The Okinawa Defense Bureau brought in the equipment as part of preparations to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Equipment brought in for seafloor probe

NAHA, Japan - Equipment for a seafloor survey hangs from a crane at Camp Schwab, Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 20, 2014. The Okinawa Defense Bureau brought in the equipment as part of preparations to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Pref.

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, is seen in this aerial photo taken on June 28, 2014.

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Japan begins to dismantle U.S. base ahead of relocation

FUKUOKA, Japan - Camp Schwab, a U.S. military base in the Henoko area of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, is seen in this file photo taken on June 28, 2014, ahead of the July 1 launch of work to dismantle base facilities to make way for relocation of the Futenma air station in the south.

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Kennedy in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - A vehicle (R) believed to be carrying U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy enters Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 13, 2014. Kennedy visited the U.S. Marines facility in the Henoko area of Nago, a location planned to accommodate a replacement for the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in the prefecture.

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Kennedy in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 13, 2014, shows a message on the beach near Camp Schwab in the Henoko area of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture protesting against the planned relocation of the U.S. Marines Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in the prefecture to Henoko. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visited Camp Schwab the same day.

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U.S. military base in Okinawa

FUKUOKA, Japan - An April 2012 file photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. Camp Schwab area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Defense minister in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (front L) views the planned relocation site at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for functions of the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in the same prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2012.

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U.S. soldiers renew entanglements at Camp Schwab

NAHA, Japan - U.S. soldiers replace a section of old entanglements running along the border of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab on a beach in the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2010. The site is where the Japanese government plans to relocate the Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. The removed fence seen on the left had ribbons and banners put up by residents in protest against hosting the base.

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SDP threatens not to sign Cabinet resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, is surrounded by reporters at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on May 27, 2010, after a meeting of party executives. The meeting decided that Fukushima, who also has a ministerial portfolio, will not sign a Cabinet resolution as long as Hatoyama presupposes that the relocation site will be in the coastal area near the Marines' Camp Schwab.

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SDP threatens not to sign Cabinet resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, is surrounded by reporters at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on May 27, 2010, after a meeting of party executives. The meeting decided that Fukushima, who also has a ministerial portfolio, will not sign a Cabinet resolution as long as Hatoyama presupposes that the relocation site will be in the coastal area near the Marines' Camp Schwab.

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SDP threatens not to sign Cabinet resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Yasumasa Shigeno, secretary general of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, speaks at a news conference at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on May 27, 2010, after a meeting of party executives. The meeting decided that Fukushima, who also has a ministerial portfolio, will not sign a Cabinet resolution as long as Hatoyama presupposes that the relocation site will be in the coastal area near the Marines' Camp Schwab.

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Rainbow appears as Hatoyama visits Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - A rainbow appears in the sky as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (in light-colored tropical shirt and surrounded by entourage) sees the view of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 4, 2010. Hatoyama made his first trip to Okinawa since taking office in September 2009.

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U.S. military's Camp Schwab in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 11, 2010. Future usage of the base has been at the center of controversy in the ongoing realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan.

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U.S. military's Camp Schwab in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 11, 2010. Future usage of the base has been at the center of controversy in the ongoing realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan.

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SDP repeats opposition to relocating Futemma base to Camp Schwab

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks at a convention of the Social Democratic Party, a junior member of the ruling coalition government, at the SDP headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2010.

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SDP repeats opposition to relocating Futemma base to Camp Schwab

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima speaks at a convention of the Social Democratic Party, a junior member of the ruling coalition government led by the Democratic Party of Japan, at the SDP headquarters on Jan. 23, 2010. She reiterated the party's opposition to a 2006 Japan-U.S. agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station to the coastal area of the Marines' Camp Schwab, both in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Chief Cabinet secretary visits Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano views the sea from a hill in the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 9, 2010. The plan to build a relocation site for the corps' Futemma Air Station off the shore has stirred a controversy.

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Chief Cabinet secretary visits Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano (L) views the sea from a hill in the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 9, 2010. The plan to build a relocation site for the corps' Futemma Air Station off the shore has stirred a controversy.

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Abandoned track links in Okinawa sea

NAHA, Japan - A diver checks abandoned track links for tanks in the sea near the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2009. A relocation facility for the force's Futemma Air Station, also in Okinawa, is planned to be built in the nearby sea.

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Obama hinted at agreeing to move Futemma site offshore: sources

NAGO, Japan - This file photo taken in October 2009 shows U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab (back) and the coastal area in the city of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture. Under the 2006 U.S.-Japan accord, the heliport functions of a key Marine Corps base in a densely populated city in central Okinawa are to be transferred to the less populated area around Camp Schwab.

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Futemma base relocation site off Nago

NAHA, Japan - This photo dated Oct. 13, 2009, shows a coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, used for the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab. Under a controversial accord signed by Japan and the United States in 2006, a planned airfield off the coast of the base will take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, also in the southern Japan prefecture.

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Futemma base relocation site off Nago

NAHA, Japan - This photo dated Oct. 13, 2009, shows a coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, used for the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab. Under a controversial accord signed by Japan and the United States in 2006, a planned airfield off the coast of the base will take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, also in the southern Japan prefecture.

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Defense minister seeks new approach on Futemma relocation issue

NAGO, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (C) inspects the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2009, where the Marines' Futemma Air Station in the same prefecture is scheduled to be transferred. During the inspection, the minister expressed his eagerness to set the new government's approach to the relocation issue ''as soon as possible.''