Japan's top court orders Okinawa to allow Marine Corps to build runways
Tokyo and Washington say the relocation within Okinawa, Japan, instead of moving it elsewhere as demanded by many Okinawans, is the only solution.
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Tokyo and Washington say the relocation within Okinawa, Japan, instead of moving it elsewhere as demanded by many Okinawans, is the only solution.
Tokyo and Washington say the relocation within Okinawa, Japan, instead of moving it elsewhere as demanded by many Okinawans, is the only solution.
Tokyo and Washington say the relocation within Okinawa, Japan, instead of moving it elsewhere as demanded by many Okinawans, is the only solution.
In its ruling on a dispute concerning the construction of a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture, the Supreme Court simply endorsed the government’s policy while abandoning the role of the judiciary as the watchdog over the executive branch.
In August 1996, then-Okinawa Governor Masahide Ota (1925-2017) read out a statement he had written at a Supreme Court session.