By SHINICHI FUJIWARA/ Staff Writer
September 22, 2020 at 18:54 JST
Land reclamation work continues off the Henoko coast of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the construction of a replacement facility for the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. (Eiji Hori)
NAHA--The central government plans to extract so much sand to continue a contentious land reclamation project for a U.S. military base that alarm bells are now ringing about the likely adverse affects the move will have on Okinawa Prefecture's marine environment. [Read More]
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