Protest held in Okinawa against landfill for U.S. base transfer

Okinawa residents held a protest demonstration at sea Monday against scheduled land reclamation work for the relocation of a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost island prefecture.While the full-fledged landfill work for moving U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is expected to start as early as Aug. 17, many residents are against the plan as they want the base moved out of the prefecture.Some 70 canoes and several small vessels were used by the protesters as they faced off patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard off the Henoko coastal area of Nago, where the base is scheduled t…READ FULL ARTICLE