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Construction of U.S. helipads resumes in Okinawa amid protests

Police officers watch people staging protests against the resumed construction of helipads for U.S. military forces in the Okinawa village of Higashi on July 22, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of U.S. helipads resumes in Okinawa amid protests

A man who was staging a sit-in protest against the construction of helipads for the U.S. military is removed by riot police in the village of Higashi in Okinawa Prefecture on July 22, 2016. The Japanese government resumed the construction the same day despite the local protests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of U.S. helipads resumes in Okinawa amid protests

A protestor is taken down by riot police from the top of a car parked in the village of Higashi in Okinawa Prefecture on July 22, 2016. Around 100 local residents and protestors rallied against the construction of helipads for the U.S. military by staging sit-ins and parking their cars to block the entry of construction workers. Despite the protests, the Japanese government resumed the construction the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of U.S. helipads resumes in Okinawa amid protests

Riot police remove a vehicle that was parked to obstruct the entry of construction workers in the village of Higashi in Okinawa Prefecture on July 22, 2016. Around 100 local residents and protestors rallied against the construction of helipads for the U.S. military, but the Japanese government resumed the construction the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of U.S. helipads resumes in Okinawa amid protests

People stage a sit-in protest in front of police officers in the Okinawa village of Higashi on July 22, 2016, against the resumed construction of helipads for U.S. military forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of U.S. helipads resumes in Okinawa amid protests

People stage a sit-in protest in front of police officers in the Okinawa village of Higashi on July 22, 2016, against the resumed construction of helipads for U.S. military forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa assembly demands halt to U.S. helipad construction

Members of the Okinawa prefectural assembly stand to approve a statement calling on the central government to stop construction of helipads in the U.S. military's Northern Training Area in the southwestern island prefecture during a session in Naha on July 21, 2016. The statement, citing safety and noise concerns if the Osprey aircraft are deployed as planned, says the helipads will cause adverse effects on the natural environment and people's lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't handling of Okinawa's antibase fight remains open to question

A U.S. military Osprey aircraft flies above the U.S. military's Northern Training Area in Okinawa as people stage protests on Dec. 23, 2016. Protest activities have scaled down since the Japanese government finished building new helipads and, in return, achieved the partial return of the land in the training area from the U.S. military on Dec. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't handling of Okinawa's antibase fight remains open to question

Masatsugu Isa, a 54-year-old assembly member of Higashi village in Okinawa, stands on Dec. 23, 2016, near a gate that leads to helipads the Japanese government has built for the U.S. military inside the Northern Training Area. He continues sit-in protests in the Takae community. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa assembly protests crash-landing of U.S. military helicopter

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2017, shows the Okinawa prefectural assembly unanimously adopting a resolution protesting against the crash-landing of a U.S. military helicopter near the U.S. Northern Training Area in the previous week and demanding a halt to the use of helipads in the zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SDF helicopters airlift equipment to build U.S. helipads in Okinawa

A Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47 helicopter airlifts a truck in the town of Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 13, 2016, for the construction of helipads for the U.S. military in Okinawa, a move that has further angered local protestors seeking to block the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SDF helicopters airlift equipment to build U.S. helipads in Okinawa

A Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47 helicopter airlifts heavy machinery in the town of Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 13, 2016, for the construction of helipads for the U.S. military in Okinawa, a move that has further angered local protestors seeking to block the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SDF helicopters airlift equipment to build U.S. helipads in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters at the Okinawa prefectural government building in Naha on Sept. 13, 2016, about the Defense Ministry's use of Ground Self-Defense Force helicopters to airlift trucks and other equipment for the construction of helipads for the U.S. military in Okinawa. The governor said the move "greatly harms our trusting relationship and is intolerable." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SDF helicopters airlift equipment to build U.S. helipads in Okinawa

A Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47 helicopter airlifts a truck in the town of Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 13, 2016, for the construction of helipads for the U.S. military in Okinawa, a move that has further angered local protestors seeking to block the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo