By MIKA KUNIYOSHI/ Staff Writer
April 4, 2021 at 18:35 JST
Reclamation work is under way off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to build a new facility to take over the functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, also in the prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A long-running saga over costly land reclamation work for a new U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture took another twist after a prominent U.S. think tank researcher said the project is “unlikely” to ever to be completed as planned. [Read More]
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