Okinawa's Gov. Denny Tamaki renewed demands Thursday that Japan's central government halt construction of a U.S. Marine Corps. base being relocated to a less-crowded area of the southern Japanese ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition.
TOKYO—Local authorities on Okinawa filed a lawsuit against the central government Friday in a bid to stop the relocation of a U.S. air base on the southern Japanese island, deepening their decadeslong ...