By MIKA KUNIYOSHI/ Staff Writer
March 3, 2021 at 16:39 JST
Takamatsu Gushiken, left, chats with Fumiko Shimabukuro, a survivor of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, who came to show her support for him during his hunger strike near the Okinawa prefectural government building on March 1. (Mika Kuniyoshi)
NAHA--A 67-year-old man is staging a hunger strike here to stop fragments of remains of people killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa from being used in a project to build a U.S. military base. [Read More]
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