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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2024, shows anti-base protesters on a boat (R) approaching work vessels in the Oura Bay in 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. The Japanese government started the same day preparations for work required to address soft ground in the bay.

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Anti-base protesters on a boat in waters in Oura Bay, off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, show their opposition to the planned relocation of a key U.S. military base from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture on Jan. 9, 2024. On the same day, the Japanese government started preparations to address the soft ground in the bay to continue with offshore landfill work for the transfer.

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2024, shows the Oura Bay in 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.

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2024, shows the Oura Bay in 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.

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2024, shows the Oura Bay in 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.

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2024, shows the Oura Bay in 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.

Conservationist checks seaweed bed in Oura Bay, Nago

Conservationist checks seaweed bed in Oura Bay, Nago

NAGO, Japan - A survey by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan is conducted in Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2014. No trace of dugongs eating seaweed there was found during the survey. The society's Mariko Abe suggested it is highly likely the marine mammals have abandoned the area as a feeding ground due to an influence of the presence of boats for drilling survey and others for the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma airbase.

Coral habitat in Oura Bay, Nago

Coral habitat in Oura Bay, Nago

NAGO, Japan - Clownfish and various other kinds of fish inhabit coral reefs in Oura Bay, Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, near the site of planned landfill for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, as seen in this photo taken on Aug. 22, 2014.

Conservationist checks seaweed bed in Oura Bay, Nago

Conservationist checks seaweed bed in Oura Bay, Nago

NAGO, Japan - The Nature Conservation Society of Japan's Mariko Abe examines a bed of seaweed which dugongs can feed on in Oura Bay, Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 22, 2014.

Coral habitat in Oura Bay, Nago

Coral habitat in Oura Bay, Nago

NAGO, Japan - A survey by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan confirms the presence of clownfish and other kinds of fish inhabiting coral reefs in Oura Bay, Nago, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, near the site of planned landfill for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma airbase, as seen in this photo taken on Aug. 22, 2014.

Fish in Okinawa sea

Fish in Okinawa sea

NAHA, Japan - Fish swim near a boat in the Bay of Oura off Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2009. A relocation facility for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, also in Okinawa, is planned to be built in the nearby sea.

Blue coral colonies in Okinawa sea

Blue coral colonies in Okinawa sea

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 21, 2009, shows colonies of blue coral in the Bay of Oura in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. A relocation facility for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, also in Okinawa, is planned to be built in the nearby sea.

Diver examines coral reel in Nago

Diver examines coral reel in Nago

A diver is examining the condition of a coral reef on Feb. 3, 2016, at Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa, where a key U.S. military base may be relocated from another Okinawan city. There are concerns that work for the planned relocation will negatively affect the coral reef, which has been recovering following a temporary decline. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Blue coral colonies in Okinawa sea

Blue coral colonies in Okinawa sea

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 21, 2009, shows colonies of blue coral in the Bay of Oura in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. A relocation facility for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, also in Okinawa, is planned to be built in the nearby sea. (Kyodo)

Fish in Okinawa sea

Fish in Okinawa sea

NAHA, Japan - Fish swim near a boat in the Bay of Oura off Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2009. A relocation facility for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, also in Okinawa, is planned to be built in the nearby sea. (Kyodo)

Nagasaki Habour seen from Mt. Hoshitori

Nagasaki Habour seen from Mt. Hoshitori

Nagasaki Port viewed from Mt. Hoshitori (Mt. Ohira at the time of the photo) overlooking the Oura foreign settlement. The promenade by Dejima built in 1867 and a corral for horses can be seen. Shinchi is to its right and the British Consulate is behind the foreign settlement. At the mouth of Urakami River in the back of the bay lies Urakami-Shinden (present-day Mori-machi). Since Dejima-Shinbashi Bridge built in 1869 is not visible, this photo must have been taken around 1868.==Date:about 1868, Place:Nagasaki, Photo: F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

Nagasaki Habour seen from Mt. Hoshitori

Nagasaki Habour seen from Mt. Hoshitori

Nagasaki Port viewed from Mt. Hoshitori (called Mt. Ohira at the time of the photo), overlooking the Oura foreign settlement. The promenade, built in 1867, around Dejima and the corral are visible. Shinchigura storehouse is to the right of that, the British Consulate behind the settlement. At the mouth of the Urakami River in the back of the bay lies Urakami-Shinden (present-day Mori-machi). Since the Dejima-Shinbashi Bridge, built in 1869, is not in the picture, this photo is presumed to have been taken around 1868.==Date:about 1868, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number28‐23‐0]

Conservationist checks seaweed bed in Oura Bay, Nago

Conservationist checks seaweed bed in Oura Bay, Nago

NAGO, Japan - The Nature Conservation Society of Japan's Mariko Abe examines a bed of seaweed which dugongs can feed on in Oura Bay, Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 22, 2014. (Kyodo)

Coral habitat in Oura Bay, Nago

Coral habitat in Oura Bay, Nago

NAGO, Japan - A survey by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan confirms the presence of clownfish and other kinds of fish inhabiting coral reefs in Oura Bay, Nago, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, near the site of planned landfill for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma airbase, as seen in this photo taken on Aug. 22, 2014. (Kyodo)

Coral habitat in Oura Bay, Nago

Coral habitat in Oura Bay, Nago

NAGO, Japan - Clownfish and various other kinds of fish inhabit coral reefs in Oura Bay, Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, near the site of planned landfill for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, as seen in this photo taken on Aug. 22, 2014. (Kyodo)

Conservationist checks seaweed bed in Oura Bay, Nago

Conservationist checks seaweed bed in Oura Bay, Nago

NAGO, Japan - A survey by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan is conducted in Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2014. No trace of dugongs eating seaweed there was found during the survey. The society's Mariko Abe suggested it is highly likely the marine mammals have abandoned the area as a feeding ground due to an influence of the presence of boats for drilling survey and others for the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma airbase. (Kyodo)

Corals in Japan

Corals in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 20, 2018, shows polyps of blue coral in waters about 15 meters deep in Oura Bay in Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tropical fish in southern Japan

Tropical fish in southern Japan

Combined photo taken Jan. 20, 2018, in waters about 3 meters deep in Oura Bay in Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, shows harlequin filefish (L) and whitebacked anemonefish (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Corals in Japan

Corals in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 20, 2018, shows a large colony of blue coral in waters about 15 meters deep in Oura Bay in Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Corals in Japan

Corals in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 20, 2018, shows corals in waters about 6 meters deep in Oura Bay in Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Corals in Japan

Corals in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 19, 2018, shows corals in waters about 7 meters deep in Oura Bay in Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo