Japan's land minister on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Okinawa governor, seeking to proceed with the central government's modified plan for landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.The suit filed at the Fukuoka High Court's Naha branch is part of the central government's attempt to enable the land minister, instead of the Okinawa governor, to approve modifications to the project to reinforce soft ground at the designated relocation site of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.If the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wins the …READ FULL ARTICLE
