In Okinawa, tens of thousands of people came to the rally against US base
On Okinawa, about 70 thousand people came out to protest against the transfer of the American air base to another part of the Prefecture, writes the Japan Times.
first, despite the protests of local authorities and residents, the Central government of Japan has announced its intention to move military base marine corps air station Futenma from one part of Okinawa to another.
The participants of the event adopted a resolution urging the Central government to abandon the plan of moving the base. For reviews of the protesters, the U.S. military should leave the island.
The protesters paid tribute to the late head of the Prefecture Takeshi Unagi, who died Wednesday from cancer. Onaga has sought withdrawal of the U.S. Futenma base outside of Okinawa, which contradicted the position of the Japanese government, bound by the commitments c in the United States.
the rally was attended by Deputy head of Kiichiro Ahana, has declared his intention to continue the struggle for the withdrawal of Futenma outside the Prefecture.
Okinawa is not more than percent of Japanese territory, however, the island is 74 percent of U.S. military facilities and more than half of all US military power on the Japanese Islands. According to the prefectural government in Okinawa there are about 26 thousand American soldiers and 19 thousand members of their families and civilians.
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