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unhappycamper

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Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:02 AM Oct 2015

Okinawa governor revokes approval for relocation of US air base

http://atimes.com/2015/10/okinawa-governor-revokes-approval-for-relocation-of-us-air-base/



People protest the planned relocation of US Marine Corp Futenma Air Station to a proposed facility in the Henoko district of Nago in this file photo

Okinawa governor revokes approval for relocation of US air base
By AT Editor on October 13, 2015

Okinawa’s governor on Tuesday revoked approval for work needed to relocate a US air base from one area of the southern Japanese island to another, but the Tokyo government said it would still proceed with the plan.

Local residents object to living with US Marine Air Station Futenma and want the base moved off Okinawa. Current plans call for moving it to a less developed area on the island called Henoko.

Gov. Takeshi Onaga, who was elected last year on promises to fight the move, revoked the local approval given in 2013 by his predecessor on the grounds of “legal defects.”

“I will work to keep my promise not to allow another base in Henoko,” Onaga said Tuesday.

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