Japan central gov't resumes work to relocate U.S base in Okinawa

Japan's central government restarted landfill work Thursday for a replacement facility for a major U.S. military base in Okinawa despite strong local opposition.Preparatory work for land reclamation was resumed even though the Okinawa prefectural government retracted its approval this summer for the landfill work to build a replacement facility in a coastal district of Henoko for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma."It is extremely regrettable that the work was resumed despite our calls for dialogue with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe," Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki told reporters at the prefectur…READ FULL ARTICLE