Kyodo News Digest: Dec. 28, 2023
Here is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
Source: kyodonews.net
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Land ministry approves Henoko landfill design change by proxy | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
For the first time, the central government employed a legal mechanism to act in place of a prefectural government and push ahead land reclamation work in Okinawa Prefecture for the contentious relocation of a U.S. military base.
Source: asahi.com
Japanese government overrides Okinawa objection to Henoko work
The approval is a milestone for the total transfer of the Futenma air base as early as possible, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters.
Minoru Kihara Defense Ministry Okinawa Prefecture Corps Air Station Futenma Defense Minister Minoru Kihara Us Bases
Source: japantimes.co.jp
Japan to OK base relocation project design change by proxy
The approval of the change application will mark the central governments first-ever proxy execution of a local government administrative task.
Source: japantimes.co.jp
Okinawa appeals high court ruling over key U.S. base relocation
The governor of Okinawa says he has appealed last week's high court ruling that ordered him to approve a modified landfill plan to relocate a key U.S. military base within the southern island prefecture.
Denny Tamaki Fukuoka High Court Naha Fukuoka High Court Corps Air Station Futenma Japan News Kinawa News
Source: kyodonews.net
Japanese government to approve Marine runway permits over Okinawa governor's refusal
A Japanese Cabinet minister is expected to signal a return to work on a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab on Thursday, three days after Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki ignored a court order to approve construction changes himself.
Sankei Shinbun Tetsuo Saito Denny Tamaki Japan Supreme Court Henoko Base Construction Countermeasures Division Defense Bureau
Source: stripes.com
Tokyo to approve Okinawa land reclamation by proxy on Dec. 28 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
The central government will play its legal card and approve changes to land reclamation work on behalf of Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 28 for the relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture, the land minister said.
Tetsuo Saito Denny Tamaki Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch On Dec Supreme Court Defense Ministry
Source: asahi.com
Okinawa leader still says no to plan to relocate U.S. air base | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki said on Dec. 25 that he will not approve the central government’s design change application for land reclamation work to relocate a U.S. military base within the prefecture.
Daisuke Yajima Tetsuo Saito Denny Tamaki Defense Ministry Fukuoka High Court Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki
Source: asahi.com
NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Okinawa prefectural government decided Monday to ignore a court order to approve a modified plan for a key U.S. base reloca
Source: nikkei.com
Okinawa rejects court order to OK revised U.S. base transfer plan
The Okinawa prefectural government has decided to ignore a court order to approve a modified plan for a key U.S. base relocation within the southern prefecture, an official said, paving the way for the state to take the unprecedented step of doing so by proxy.
Source: kyodonews.net