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NAGO, Okinawa Prefecture--A U.S. soldier is suspected of having caused minor damage to an artistic work designed to protest the construction of a U.S. military base here, prompting local police to open an investigation.
A Japanese Cabinet minister this week gave Okinawa’s governor until Wednesday to approve design changes for a coastal airfield planned to replace Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
The preponderance of U.S. military bases on Okinawa are a threat to world peace and make the island a potential target, Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki told a United Nations panel.
GENEVA--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki sought a sympathetic ear from the international community as he comes under pressure to reverse his rejection of design changes over a contentious U.S. base relocation project within his prefecture.
The governor of Japan's Okinawa sought international backing at a U.N. session Monday for his opposition to a plan to relocate a U.S. military base within the southern prefecture. But Gov