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Kyodo

People protesting the central government’s plan to transfer a US military base within Okinawa marked the 1,000th day of a sit-in near the relocation site on Saturday, reiterating calls for a reduction in the island prefecture’s base-hosting burden.

Opponents of the base transfer continued their sit-in protest in front of the gate of Camp Schwab in the coastal district of Henoko in Nago, northern Okinawa, where the government is moving the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma which is located in a densely populated area.
“Let us renew our resolve to stop the construction of a military base,” said Suzuyo Takazato, head of a local organisation formed by members of civic groups and political parties against the base transfer plan.
Japan’s top court backs Tokyo in bid to relocate Okinawa base
Also on Saturday, Okinawa government officials patrolled Henoko’s coast in a boat after a permit expired Friday to allow undersea work as part of land reclamation for the base relocation.
The local government said it would consider a lawsuit against the central government if any undersea work is conducted there after the permit’s expiration.
The central government holds the position that such a permit is no longer necessary to conduct undersea work after a local fishery cooperative gave up its right to fish in the area in November.


Protesters mark 1,000th day of sit-in near US base in Okinawa

People gather for a protest rally in Nago, Okinawa. Photo: Kyodo

People gather for a protest rally on April 1, 2017, in Nago, Okinawa, against the planned transfer of a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost island prefecture. The protesters marked the 1,000th day of a sit-in near the relocation site, reiterating calls for a reduction in the island prefecture's base-hosting burden. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

US military tries to woo Okinawa with biggest land return since 1972

File photo of a US Marines helicopter taking off from the Okinawa base. Photo: AFP

epa05409777 US marines from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed from Okinawa in Japan, together with South Korean marines participate in an annual Air and Ground Joint Combat Training exercise between South Korean and US marines at Suseong fire field in Pohang, 360 km southeast of Seoul, South Korea, 06 July 2016. Some 500 US and 800 South Korean marines are participating in an exercise that simulates a possible attack from North Korea. EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN

People hold placards as they protest against the presence of US bases, in front of the gate of the US Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago on the southern island of Okinawa prefecture on June 17, 2016. Okinawans are planning a major rally on June 19 in protest over the heavy US military presence and crimes by US personnel. / AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA

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