THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 28, 2023 at 17:41 JST
Land reclamation work continues off the coast of the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for a U.S. military base. (Koichiro Yoshida)
For the first time, the central government employed a legal mechanism to act in place of a prefectural government and push ahead land reclamation work in Okinawa Prefecture for the contentious relocation of a U.S. military base. [Read More]
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