Page 40 - Henoko News Today

Government officials have suggested that the real reason behind the cut is related to the prefectural government's stiff opposition to relocating a key U.S. air base within the prefecture.

The Japanese government has decided to allocate less than 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) for Okinawas economic development for the first time in 10 years in fiscal 2022, an official familiar with the matter said on Dec. 4, as confrontation over a U.S. military base intensifies between them.

- Upgrade works for M701F gas turbine help enhance thermal efficiency with heat rate improvement- Close collaboration with Senoko Energy and other contractors enabled the project to be completed on schedule

The central government was aware of the weak seabed at the planned Futenma relocation site in 2015, three years before work got underway.

The Japanese government was aware that a portion of the seabed at the planned relocation site for a U.S. military base in Okinawa, southern Japan, was weak in 2015, three years before controversial landfill work got under way there, official documents showed on Nov. 27.

We urge the government to ruminate on the continued turmoil surrounding a fiercely disputed and deeply troubled project to build a U.S. military facility off the Henoko district of Nago, a city in Okinawa Prefecture. The blame for this dire situation lies squarely with its own insincere and strong-arm approach to the massive undertaking.

Okinawa Gov Denny Tamaki said Thursday he will not approve the central government's planned design change for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the southern island prefecture, a decision that could lead to a legal battle. Tamaki has been calling for dialogue&...

The Japanese government will not change its plans to relocate the United States Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (MCAS Futenma) in Okinawa, as the current location poses a threat to the base, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday.MCAS Futenma is considered the most dangerous airfie ..

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki declined to approve design changes for a runway being built on the island’s northeast coast to relocate Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

This marks Japan’s biggest supplementary defense budget ever, according to defense officials.