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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan, Nov. 28 Kyodo - Construction work continues off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2025, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Nov. 28, 2025, shows work getting under way to dump landfill into Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Nov. 28, 2025, shows work getting under way to dump landfill into Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Nov. 28, 2025, shows work getting under way to dump landfill into Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Nov. 28, 2025, shows work getting under way to dump landfill into Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural headquarters in Naha on Nov. 28, 2025, as work gets under way to dump landfill into Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japan Coast Guard boats patrol on Nov. 28, 2025, in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where construction work continues for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japan Coast Guard boats patrol on Nov. 28, 2025, in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where construction work continues for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Construction work continues off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2025, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Construction work continues off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2025, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Construction work continues off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2025, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Construction work continues off Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japanese prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Construction work continues off Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japanese prefecture.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Anti-base protesters in canoes in waters off Nago in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2024, show their opposition to the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the coastal area from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture, exactly six years after offshore landfill work for the transfer began.

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Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Protest against U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

An anti-base protester in a canoe in waters off Nago in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2024, shows opposition to the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the coastal area from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture, exactly six years after offshore landfill work for the transfer began.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken Nov. 13, 2024, shows vehicles loaded with earth off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for land reclamation work for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken Nov. 13, 2024, shows vehicles loaded with earth off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for land reclamation work for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken Nov. 13, 2024, shows vehicles loaded with earth off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for land reclamation work for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Aerial footage taken from a drone shows the site of the Osprey's crash-landing

OKINAMWA, Japan, Oct. 31 Kyodo - Aerial footage taken by Kyodo News on Dec. 14, 2016, shows a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft that crash-landed the previous day. The wings have split from the fuselage and can be clearly seen in shallow water about 80 meters off the shoreline of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. The Osprey was based at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture. Content of footage: The site of the crash landing of a U.S. military Osprey was videotaped from a drone.(Kyodo)

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Demonstrators gather in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2024, to protest against the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to a coastal area in the city from another part in the southern Japan island prefecture. Dump trucks transported earth to be used for land reclamation work for the relocation of the base the same day.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Dump trucks leave a storage area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2024, after transporting earth to be used in land reclamation work for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to a coastal area in the city from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

A dump truck leaves a storage area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2024, after transporting earth to be used in land reclamation work for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to a coastal area in the city from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Demonstrators gather in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2024, to protest against the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to a coastal area in the city from another part in the southern Japan island prefecture. Dump trucks transported earth to be used for land reclamation work for the relocation of the base the same day.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken from a drone on Aug. 20, 2024, shows work to drive a stake into the seabed in Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture. The stake planting work began the same day.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken on Aug. 20, 2024, shows work to drive a stake into the seabed in Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture. The stake planting work began the same day.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken on Aug. 20, 2024, shows work to drive a stake into the seabed in Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture. The stake planting work began the same day.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 20, 2024, shows work to drive a stake into the seabed in Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture. The stake planting work began the same day.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 20, 2024, shows work to drive a stake into the seabed in Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture. The stake planting work began the same day.

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Preparation for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Preparation for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People in canoes, surrounded by patrolling boats, protest against pile-driving work by the central government in Oura Bay off the Henoko coast in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 4, 2024, as preparation prior to coastal protection work is under way for the relocation of a key U.S. military base from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture. ==Kyodo

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Japan top gov't spokesman in Okinawa

Japan top gov't spokesman in Okinawa

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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U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan Kyodo - Video taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo)

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U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Jan. 10, 2024, after the central government began construction work in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Okinawa's Nago for the transfer 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Jan. 10, 2024, after the central government began construction work in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Okinawa's Nago for the transfer 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

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

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

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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2024, shows work to reinforce soft ground being carried out by the central Japanese government in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, prior to the resumption of landfill work 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

U.S. base transfer work begins in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Jan. 10, 2024, after the central government began construction work in the sea off the Henoko coastal area in Okinawa's Nago for the transfer of a key U.S. military base within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan Kyodo - Preparations for work required to address soft ground starts in Oura Bay in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture on Jan. 9, 2024. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

CORRECTED: Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 9, 2024, shows Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, the site for the relocation of a key U.S. military base from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Preparations for work required to address soft ground starts in Oura Bay in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture on Jan. 9, 2024.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Preparations for work required to address soft ground starts in Oura Bay in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture on Jan. 9, 2024.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Preparations for work required to address soft ground starts in Oura Bay in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of a key U.S. military base from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture on Jan. 9, 2024.

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