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A Kyodo News survey released Sunday shows that 86.6 percent of respondents back tougher political funds control laws in Japan amid a fundraising scandal embroiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. A total of 61.6 percent were also dissatisfied with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Ki...

It was a surprise attack.

Close to 1,000 people gathered outside Camp Schwab to protest construction to create a military runway from reclaimed sea bottom.

Originally planned to have been finished by now, the base project is now anticipated to take over nine years to complete.

The site for the base on the eastern coast of Okinawa has been at the center of a dispute between the government in Tokyo and the local authorities.

NAHA--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki denounced the central government for starting land reclamation work for relocating a U.S. military base by overriding his official rejection of the application.

The Japanese government has begun ground improvement work for the relocation of a key US military base within Okinawa prefecture after overriding the local government's objection, regardless of the opinions of local residents.Chief Cabinet ...

Japanese construction workers on Wednesday resumed landfill work at the new site of the U.S. military base on Okinawa despite protests by the islands residents that the move tramples on their rights and raises environmental concerns.

Ahead of schedule, land reclamation work in Okinawa Prefecture for the relocation of a U.S. military base restarted after the central government approved plan changes over the prefectures objection. 

In an an unprecedented move, the national government overrode the local governments objection and approved a modified landfill plan.