THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 8, 2021 at 18:32 JST
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki holds a news conference Dec. 7 to criticize the central government for filing a complaint with the land minister over the prefecture’s rejection of design changes to a contentious project to build a new U.S. military base off Henoko. (Mika Kuniyoshi)
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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