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Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (front) looks over the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture from the city government office's roof top on Jan. 28, 2024, with Mayor Masanori Matsugawa. The Japanese central government plans to transfer the Futenma base to the Henoko district in Nago in the same southern island prefecture.

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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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Protests over U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local citizens protesting the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost island prefecture, face off against police officers at the prefectural offices in Naha on Dec. 9, 2014.

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Protests over U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local citizens gather to protest the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 9, 2014, at the prefectural offices in Naha.

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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 people reiterate opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa people rally to show their opposition to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2014, in front of the prefectural office building in Naha. Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga won the gubernatorial race in November, delivering a de facto "No" vote on the controversial relocation plan.

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Okinawa people reiterate opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa people rally to show their opposition to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2014, in front of the prefectural office building in Naha. Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga won the gubernatorial race in November, delivering a de facto "No" vote on the controversial relocation plan.

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Drilling survey undertaken off Henoko for U.S. base move

FUKUOKA, Japan - A drilling survey is undertaken with a jack-up rig off the Henoko district of Nago in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The survey is being carried out for the relocation of the U.S. Futenma air base in Ginowan, southern Okinawa.

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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 starts drilling survey for U.S. base relocation

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 18, 2014, from Kyodo News helicopter shows the sea area where Japan's Defense Ministry started a drilling survey with a jack-up barge off the Henoko district of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture at the planned relocation site for the U.S. Futenma airbase. The ministry plans to conduct the drilling survey at 16 seabed sites off the coast through Nov. 30.

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

NAGO, Japan - Japan's Defense Ministry starts a drilling survey on Aug. 18, 2014, with a jack-up barge in waters off the Henoko district of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture at the planned relocation site for the U.S. Futenma airbase. The ministry plans to conduct the drilling survey at 16 seabed sites off the coast through Nov. 30.

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

NAGO, Japan - Japan's Defense Ministry starts a drilling survey on Aug. 18, 2014, with a jack-up barge in waters off the Henoko district of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture at the planned relocation site for the U.S. Futenma airbase. The ministry plans to conduct the drilling survey at 16 seabed sites off the coast through Nov. 30.

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

NAGO, Japan - Japan's Defense Ministry starts a drilling survey on Aug. 18, 2014, with a jack-up barge in waters off the Henoko district of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture at the planned relocation site for the U.S. Futenma airbase. The ministry plans to conduct the drilling survey at 16 seabed sites off the coast through Nov. 30.

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Rig for drilling survey stands off coast of Henoko, Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - A rig stands on Aug. 17, 2014, off the coast of the Henoko district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, for use in a drilling survey as part of work for the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan, southern Okinawa.

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Futenma transfer site

NAGO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials on boats forcibly remove a protester in a canoe (C bottom) from off the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 15, 2014. Canoeists were protesting against the government's work that began the previous day to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Futenma transfer site

NAGO, Japan - The Japanese Defense Ministry continues to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline off the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 15, 2014. The area is set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Futenma transfer site

NAGO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials on boats face off against protesters in canoes (front) off the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 15, 2014. The canoeists were protesting against the government's work that began the previous day to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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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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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows work by the Japanese Defense Ministry to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Buoys set for Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows the area off the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture. The Defense Ministry started to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the area.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows work by the Japanese Defense Ministry to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows people in small boats and canoes (lower R), protesting against the government's move to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago, Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows work by the Japanese Defense Ministry to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard boat (far R) keeps guard as people in smaller boats and canoes protest against the government's move on Aug. 14, 2014, to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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U.S. wanted impact appraisal for inland area in base transfer

TOKYO, Japan - An internal U.S. military document of April 2006, a copy of which was obtained by Kyodo News, shows that the United States wanted Japan to conduct an environmental impact assessment on an inland area in Okinawa Prefecture in connection with an agreement to relocate the U.S. Air Corps' Futenma air station in Ginowan to the Henoko district in Nago, as seen in this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2014.

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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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Boat carries people against U.S. Marine base relocation

NAHA, Japan - A boat (2nd from L) carrying people opposing the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station from Ginowan to Nago's Henoko district, both in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, sails close to a Japan Coast Guard vessel on Aug. 11, 2014, amid the start of work to rebuild a makeshift floating pier in the district.

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Work to rebuild floating pier in Okinawa's Henoko

NAHA, Japan - The Okinawa Defense Bureau's work to reestablish a makeshift floating pier to moor mainly inflatable rafts of the Japan Coast Guard is conducted in an coastal area of the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2014, as a step toward relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station from a crowded residential area in Ginowan to the less populated district in Japan's southernmost prefecture.

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Local residents oppose to Futenma base relocation

FUKUOKA, Japan - Local residents stage a demonstration on boat against the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to the Henoko district of Nago in the prefecture on June 28, 2014, off Henoko.

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Local residents oppose to Futenma base relocation

FUKUOKA, Japan - Local residents stage a demonstration on boats against the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to the Henoko district of Nago in the prefecture on June 28, 2014, off Henoko.

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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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Aerial image of Henoko district, Okinawa Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - The Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where a key U.S. air base is slated for relocation, is seen in this photo taken in February 2014. The Henoko fishing port is seen in the foreground.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Some 300 local people rally on a beach in Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on April 19, 2014, to protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local people on a beach and aboard boats off Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko on April 19, 2014.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local people aboard boats off the Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko on April 19, 2014.

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Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Candidate Bunshin Suematsu casts his vote in the Nago mayoral election in Okinawa Prefecture on Jan. 19, 2014. In the election, in which the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago is the main issue, Suematsu, a former Okinawa prefectural assembly member who supports the construction of a new U.S. military facility in the Henoko district of the city, is challenging Mayor Susumu Inamine, who is opposed to the relocation plan.

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Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (L), the mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture who is seeking a second four-year term, casts his vote with his wife in the mayoral election on Jan. 19, 2014. In the election, in which the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to Nago is the main issue, Inamine, who opposes the construction of a new U.S. military facility in the city's Henoko district, is facing Bunshin Suematsu, who backs the relocation plan.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area off the shore of the Henoko district of Nago, northern Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Dec. 27 approved landfill work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to the offshore area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area off the shore of the Henoko district of Nago, northern Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Dec. 27 approved landfill work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to the offshore area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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Kan visits Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Tents stand empty in the Henoko district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2010, with a sign showing a sit-in rally against a planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to the area had entered the 2,434th day. Participants in the rally went to Naha as Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who supports the relocation, visited Okinawa the same day.

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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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Base opponents win majority in Nago assembly election

NAGO, Japan - Three successful candidates (L, front) in the Sept. 12, 2010, municipal assembly election in the Okinawa city of Nago celebrate with residents opposed to a Japan-U.S. plan to relocate a major U.S. Marine base from Okinawa's Ginowan to Nago on Sept. 13 in the Henoko district of the city. Candidates, including the three, opposed to the plan secured a majority in the election.

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Henoko in Okinawa, planned Futenma airbase relocation site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an aerial image of the Henoko district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, the planned relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the prefecture, and its vicinity taken in March 2010.

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Hatoyama says ties with U.S. weighed heavily on base decision

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 24, 2010, a day after he unveiled for the first time his government's plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture to an area near the Henoko district of Nago in the prefecture. Hatoyama said that maintaining trust with the United States was paramount in determining the plan to relocate the base.

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Hatoyama says ties with U.S. weighed heavily on base decision

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 24, 2010, a day after he unveiled for the first time his government's plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture to an area near the Henoko district of Nago in the prefecture. Hatoyama said that maintaining trust with the United States was paramount in determining the plan to relocate the base.

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Mayoral race in Nago kicks off with Futemma relocation key issue

NAHA, Japan - Incumbent Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro delivers a speech during a rally in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, as the mayoral election campaign kicked off the same day, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to Nago the top issue. Shimabukuro suggests he will accept its transfer from Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago, as Japan and the United States agreed on in 2006.