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As the US military continues construction of a controversial new base at Henoko Bay, Okinawa, the recent discovery of extreme levels of highly toxic - Brett Wilkins for Antiwar.com Original

The issue this time concerns broken promises by the central government over the protection of coral reefs that prefectural authorities insist will be irreparably damaged by the construction work in waters off Nago in the Henoko district. 

Even from retirement, former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo continues to cast a long shadow over Japan’s foreign policy.

The government is slashing the budget to promote development of Okinawa Prefecture in an apparent attempt to oust Denny Tamaki, the prefectural governor who opposes Tokyo’s plans to build a new U.S. military base.

The central government is threatening to scale down the budget for economic revitalization in the prefecture for fiscal 2022 in hopes of silencing Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki.

Anti-base protesters took to canoes and boats on Dec. 14 in waters off Okinawa to show their opposition to the planned relocation of a U.S. air base, exactly three years after full-blown offshore landfill work for the transfer began.

Anti-base protesters took to canoes and boats Tuesday in waters off Okinawa to show their opposition to the planned relocation of a U.S. air base, exactly three years after full-blown offshore landfill work for the transfer began. Holding signs that read &quot&#x3B;Stop landfilling&#x2...

A court battle between the central and the Okinawa governments is likely to start if the prefecture's rejection of the design change application is invalidated.

Another legal battle appears to be shaping up between Tokyo and Naha after the Defense Ministry took steps to counter Okinawa Prefecture’s recent rejection of a central government application for design changes to its blueprint to relocate a U.S. military base there.

The Diet convened for a 16-day extraordinary session Dec. 6, setting the stage for the first full-blown debate since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida won a public mandate in the Oct. 31 Lower House election.