By SATOSHI OKUMURA/ Staff Writer
December 22, 2020 at 18:26 JST
A fishing boat, seen in the lower part of the photo, stages a protest near a vessel conducting a drilling survey in waters off Mageshima island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, while Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels keep watch Dec. 21. (Eiji Hori)
NISHINOOMOTE, Kagoshima Prefecture--The Defense Ministry on Dec. 21 started a drilling survey off Mageshima island here for a base as a replacement training site for U.S. carrier-based aircraft. [Read More]
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