The Japanese government decided to postpone scheduled landfill work for the relocation of a U.S. base in Okinawa due to typhoons and high seas, government sources said Wednesday.The work, originally scheduled to begin as early as Friday, could be pushed back until after the gubernatorial election on Sept. 30, following the Aug. 8 death of Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga.Onaga, a staunch opponent of the base move, had instructed local officials to start procedures to retract his predecessor's approval to fill the site with soil.Onaga's move was seen as a last resort to block the central governmen…READ FULL ARTICLE
