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Tokyo, Sep 4 (EFE).- The Japanese Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by the government of the southwestern Okinawa prefecture against the construction of a US military base in the region. The decision effectively ends a prolonged legal dispute between the central and local governments, clearing the way for the resumption of construction work …
Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops' presence. Monday's ruling upheld a high court ruling in March that the central government's plan and its instruction for Okinawa's approval are valid. It will move forward the suspended construction at a time Okinawa's strategic role is seen increasingly important for the Japan-U.S. military alliance in the face of grow...
Japan's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops' presence.
NAHA--Prime Minister Fumio Kishida raised eyebrows with his decision to “play” the tourist during his two-day trip to Okinawa Prefecture rather than use it as an opportunity to grapple with unpopular defense policies that have alienated so much of the island population.
Emails obtained from the US Marine Corps via the US Freedom of Information Act catalog a string of accidents and careless operating procedures involving PFAS-firefighting foam at MCAS Futenma, Kadena Air Base, and Camp Hansen. Notably, the USMC was experiencing so many spills in 2019, that a senior Marine described them as “a trend”; meanwhile, in an outdoor pond at Kadena Air Base, the US Air Force was storing 76,000 liters of water contaminated with PFAS at up to 50,000 ng/L – 1000-times Japanese environmental guidelines.