The Okinawa prefectural government on Friday lodged an appeal to a ruling made by the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court supporting the central government's controversial moves to relocate a U.S. base within Japan's southernmost prefecture.
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga has received a huge boost to his tireless campaign to block the transfer of a highly-controversial U.S. military base within Japan' s southernmost prefecture, following candidates also opposing the relocation plan gaining a majority in the prefectural assembly election there on Sunday as anti-U.S. sentiment continues to rise on the island.
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday to review the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement in the wake of the arrest last week of a former U.S. Marine for abandoning the dead body of a Japanese women in the prefecture.
Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii filed a lawsuit Tuesday with the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court, demanding that Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga officially retract his decision to revoke a permit granted for landfill work for the relocation of a U.S. air base.
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