[Levin]

BY MARI YAMAGUCHI
Updated 8:16 PM GMT+8, September 4, 2023


TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops’ presence.

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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki has called for a significant reduction of the U.S. military in Okinawa, the immediate closure of the Futenma base and the scrapping of the base construction in Henoko.

Tamaki said said he will not back down and continue with the demands despite the ruling.

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The Japanese and U.S. governments initially agreed in 1996 to close the Futenma air station, a year after the rape of a schoolgirl by three U.S. military personnel led to a massive anti-base movement.

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Okinawa, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land, is burdened with the majority of the 50,000 American troops based in the country under a bilateral security pact, and 70% of U.S. military facilities are in Okinawa.


https://apnews.com/article/japan-us-okin...6c43fcbf4d

[Manthink]

LOL!  Japanese since Abe death is truly become Asia's best American lackey like India had been for the English empire for over 300 years..

Japan has long lost its "independence" after kenna nuked x2.