THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 8, 2021 at 18:32 JST
The seabed in Oura Bay in the background was found to be unsuitably soft, presenting a problem for land reclamation work off the coast of Henoko in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to build a new U.S. military base. (Reina Kitamura)
Another legal battle appears to be shaping up between Tokyo and Naha after the Defense Ministry took steps to counter Okinawa Prefecture’s recent rejection of a central government application for design changes to its blueprint to relocate a U.S. military base there. [Read More]
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