Top court nixes Okinawa Pref.'s last appeal over U.S. base landfill

Okinawa Prefecture said Friday that Japan's Supreme Court has not accepted its appeal claiming the state's overturning of its rejection of a modified landfill plan for a controversial U.S. military base transfer was illegal.The court decision, dated Thursday, is the last in a total of 14 lawsuits between the state and the prefecture over the matter and finalizes a ruling by the Fukuoka High Court's Naha branch in September that also dismissed the appeal, citing the local government's lack of standing as a plaintiff.The central government and Okinawa have long been at odds over the transfer …READ FULL ARTICLE