Japan to OK base relocation project design change by proxy
The approval of the change application will mark the central government's first-ever proxy execution of a local government administrative task.
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The approval of the change application will mark the central government's first-ever proxy execution of a local government administrative task.
TOKYO -- Japan is poised to start a new phase of work on the relocation of a key U.S. air base in Okinawa as early as January, pushing past local oppo
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.
A Japanese Cabinet minister is expected to signal a return to work on a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab on Thursday, three days after Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki ignored a court order to approve construction changes himself.
The central government will play its legal card and approve changes to land reclamation work on behalf of Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 28 for the relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture, the land minister said.