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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 …
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has come under pressure to reverse his rejection of the central government's proposed changes to land reclamation work for the relocation of a U.S. military base within his prefecture under a Supreme Court ruling on Sept. 4.
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.
Shortly before the government began reclaiming land off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to build a new U.S. military base in 2018, a short poem by Kenji Nanjo appeared in The Asahi Shimbun’s “Kadan” tanka poetry section.