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Japan: Okinawa residents protest against land reclamation for US military base
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14.12.2018
Okinawa residents held a protest against land reclamation work being conducted in order to move a controversial US military base to Henoko's Nago district on Friday.
Local residents took to the streets around the construction area with signs and banners, chanting slogans against the base relocation in Henoko bay.
Aerial footage shows piles of soil being dumped into the waters of Henoko bay as the government resumed work to relocate the controversial US Futenma base to Henoko's Nago district on the island of Okinawa.
The move prompted strong reactions from the local governor and community, who believe that Okinawa is over-burdened with an excess of military bases, and that other areas of Japan should share the responsibility.
Okinawa hosts around 25,000 US troops - roughly half of the total US deployment to the country - despite accounting for less than one percent of Japan's total land area, and taking up approximately 25% of the islands total area.
Local residents took to the streets around the construction area with signs and banners, chanting slogans against the base relocation in Henoko bay.
Aerial footage shows piles of soil being dumped into the waters of Henoko bay as the government resumed work to relocate the controversial US Futenma base to Henoko's Nago district on the island of Okinawa.
The move prompted strong reactions from the local governor and community, who believe that Okinawa is over-burdened with an excess of military bases, and that other areas of Japan should share the responsibility.
Okinawa hosts around 25,000 US troops - roughly half of the total US deployment to the country - despite accounting for less than one percent of Japan's total land area, and taking up approximately 25% of the islands total area.
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