Kyodo News Digest: Dec. 28, 2023
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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.
The approval is 'a milestone' for the total transfer of the Futenma air base as early as possible, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters.
The approval of the change application will mark the central government's first-ever proxy execution of a local government administrative task.
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.