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FUTENMA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2017
Okinawa to file fresh lawsuit next month against work to replace Futenma base
The Okinawa Prefectural Government will file a fresh lawsuit against the central government next month to demand that work on the replacement for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma be halted, the governor said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2017
U.S. Osprey, F/A-18 make emergency landings in Okinawa and Miyagi; no injuries reported
Two emergency landings, one involving a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey and the other a fighter jet, took place Tuesday on an island in Okinawa and in northeast Japan, the Defense Ministry's regional bureaus said Wednesday, but no injuries were reported.
EDITORIALS
May 20, 2017
Okinawa reversion, 45 years on
Nearly five decades after America handed Okinawa back to Japan, the prefecture continues to host a lopsidedly heavy U.S. military presence.
EDITORIALS
May 8, 2017
An alternative to the Henoko plan
Instead of clinging to the Henoko plan, the Abe administration should at least explore an alternative to the Futenma relocation project, which could prevent its confrontation with Okinawa from developing into a situation in which local sentiment deepens against the U.S. military presence on the island itself.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 22, 2017
Okinawa governor to join local rally to protest planned U.S. base in Nago
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga will join a rally later this week to protest the relocation of a U.S. military base's operations within the prefecture, a prefectural government source has said.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2017
Congressional report on Futenma
The Japanese and U.S. governments would do well to heed local opinions on the Futenma base relocation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2017
Protests erupt as work resumes on Futenma air base replacement in Okinawa
Government workers on Monday resumed offshore work off the coast of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to build the replacement facility for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma as protesters gathered to halt the project.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 4, 2017
Onaga protests as Abe, Mattis agree to proceed with Futenma relocation plan
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga on Friday criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis for agreeing to proceed with the long-delayed plan to relocate a contentious U.S. base within Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 3, 2017
Onaga looks to Trump for change in U.S. policy on bases
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga expressed hope Thursday that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will adopt a new policy toward U.S. military bases on the island prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 3, 2017
Okinawa base critics say helipad construction tactics a sign of things to come
Late last year, the government steamrolled through the construction of helipads for the U.S. military in the northern main island of Okinawa amid a local outcry over what is viewed as a further increase in the burden of hosting U.S. bases in the prefecture.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2017
Japan to start offshore work at planned new Okinawa airbase
The government plans to start maritime construction work as early as next week at the planned relocation site for a key U.S. airbase in Okinawa, a government source said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 1, 2017
Okinawa governor arrives in Washington to voice U.S. base grievances
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga arrived in the United States on Tuesday, aiming to convey to President Donald Trump's administration local opposition to a plan to relocate a U.S. airbase within the southern island prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Jan 6, 2017
Film director on a mission to convey Okinawa protests over U.S. forces
In late December, work to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma was resumed at its Okinawa replacement site in Nago to the fury of locals who fear the project will destroy their lives and the environment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2016
Work resumes on replacement site for U.S. base in Okinawa
The central government on Tuesday resumed construction work suspended since March at the replacement site in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the U.S. Futenma base.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 26, 2016
Okinawa governor retracts decision blocking U.S. Futenma base relocation
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga on Monday rescinded an action aimed at blocking the relocation of the Futenma air base within the prefecture, a step crucial to enabling the central government to resume construction work, sources close to the matter said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2016
Henoko dispute simmers on
The Supreme Court ruling in favor of the national government over construction of a new facility for the U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture to replace the U.S. Marine's Air Station Futenma will not end its bitter confrontation with the prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2016
Japan's top court rules in favor of U.S. base relocation within Okinawa
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of the central government in its dispute with Okinawa over the Futenma base relocation, likely allowing the controversial construction plan to resume.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2016
Okinawa set to lose lawsuit filed by state over U.S. base relocation
The Supreme Court will not hold a hearing to review a lower court ruling that backed the central government's move to relocate the Futenma air base within Okinawa, making it certain the prefecture will lose its case, sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2016
Four arrested in Okinawa for obstructing U.S. base transfer work
Four men were arrested Tuesday for obstructing work on moving a major U.S. military base within Okinawa, police said, despite local pressure for it to be shifted outside of the island prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2016
Contamination: Documents reveal hundreds of unreported environmental accidents at three U.S. Marine Corps bases on Okinawa
Since 2002, at least 270 environmental accidents on U.S. Marine Corps bases on Okinawa have contaminated land and local waterways but, until now, few of these incidents have been made public. Internal reports highlight serious flaws in training and suggest the lessons of past accidents have not been...
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