THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 18, 2020 at 15:01 JST
Foam is still visible in this river near the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on April 11, a day after firefighting foam leaked from the base. (Mika Kuniyoshi)
U.S. authorities at a military base in Okinawa Prefecture took the unprecedented step of allowing central government officials their first on-site investigation into the leakage of carcinogenic organic substances. But the move did not go off without controversy. [Read More]
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