The construction site for a U.S. military base off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture (Shinosuke Ito)
Japan Times: Japanese government starts building sea wall for new U.S. base in Okinawa's Henoko
NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. - The government began constructing a new sea wall Monday in Okinawa as part of a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. military base within the prefecture, the local defense bureau has said.
The move is expected to draw fresh backlash from the Okinawa Prefectural Government, which has persistently opposed the Japan-U.S. plan to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the crowded residential area of Ginowan to the less populated coastal zone of Henoko in Nago.
Under the plan, some 157 hectares of land will be reclaimed to construct a V-shaped runway.
The sea wall, which will be 135 meters long and located on one side of the planned landfill site, is the eighth area in which the central government has started construction work.
The move came after a meeting of experts assessing the environmental impact of the base relocation concluded last Tuesday that the fresh work would not affect corals inhabiting the area.
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WNU Editor: This new base is going to be very expensive .... Okinawa says new base to cost 10 times what Tokyo estimated (Asahi Shimbun).
will that keep Okinawans from illegally coming into San Diego?
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Not mentioned -- moving the US base is politically necessary because US military personnel are so undisciplined and criminally inclined that the civilian population near the existing US base are far too often victims of rape, mostly, but murder as well.
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Then Brazil got broke
And Russia's economy is size of Italy
It's just lame prediction essays often written by 26yr old analysts who just graduated and have no idea. This is then signed off by a senior editor - at best - and published.
You then go and post this sh*t lol
your comment: yawn...nearly graduated, ignored by any and all, and then you comment
ReplyDelete20/50,000 = 4 in 10,000 or .04%
ReplyDelete"There are 17 U.S. servicemembers — six sailors, six Marines, four airmen and one soldier — among the prison’s 272 inmates, according to a Mainichi newspaper report.
The population usually hovers between 15 and 20 servicemembers, Sekizawa said."
"As of 2013, there are approximately 50,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan, "
You can dig deeper.
https://www.stripes.com/news/conditions-vary-widely-for-u-s-prisoners-in-japan-1.62878
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Forces_Japan
http://www.phoenixism.net/?p=20958
https://www.stripes.com/news/okinawa-based-marine-sentenced-to-six-years-for-sexual-assault-harassment-1.561034
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/05/20/japan-okinawa-kenneth-franklin-shinzato/84655746/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286548/Two-U-S-Navy-sailors-convicted-contemptible-violent-rape-robbery-Japan.html