People protesting the central government’s plan to transfer a U. S. military base within Okinawa marked the 1,000th day of a…
NAHA —
People protesting the central government’s plan to transfer a U. S. military base within Okinawa marked the 1,000th day of a sit-in near the relocation site Saturday, reiterating calls for a reduction in the island prefecture’s base-hosting burden.
Opponents of the base transfer continued their sit-in protest in front of the gate of Camp Schwab in the coastal district of Henoko in Nago, northern Okinawa, where the government is moving the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma which is located in a densely populated area.
“Let us renew our resolve to stop the construction of a military base,” said Suzuyo Takazato, head of a local organization formed by members of civic groups and political parties against the base transfer plan.
