[theold]

The Japanese government on Thursday gave the green light for a modified landfill plan that will see a key U.S. military base transferred within Okinawa Prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the local government's objection to the plan.

The Defense Ministry will commence work to reinforce soft ground at the relocation site for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma as early as Jan 12, a government source said.

It is the first time that the central government has acted on behalf of a local government after the latter's failure to fulfill tasks entrusted by the state under the Local Autonomy Act. While the central government's execution by proxy is seen as a "last resort," critics have said such an intervention is an infringement of local autonomy.

https://japantoday.com/category/national...relocation

[sgh]

Side track a bit. During WW2 battle for Okinawa, there are documented and interviewed cases of US soldiers gang rape Okinawan women too. It is not prevalent but it exists and the US soldiers that witness do nothing to stop just walk past by.

[Manthink]

Now I understand why US does not oppose Japan releasing its radioactive water from the defunct Fukushima nuclear plant...it comes with T & C one.

So Japan is really an "independent country" or a 21st century version colony ?

https://www.reuters.com/world/blinken-sa...023-08-15/

[Manthink]

Side track a bit. During WW2 battle for Okinawa, there are documented and interviewed cases of US soldiers gang rape Okinawan women too. It is not prevalent but it exists and the US soldiers that witness do nothing to stop just walk past by.

Try ask women in the Philippines, S Korea and Japan who live near American military bases since their law does not often apply to US military personnel.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/0...-violence/