January 15, 2021

NAHA--Okinawa’s prefectural assembly has rebuked low-altitude U.S. military aircraft flights over a national park and called for their immediate halt amid growing safety concerns among residents.

An official remonstrance was issued on Jan. 14 admonishing the flights over the public space often used by locals and are calling for a review of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement.

Joji Miyahira, an assembly member of Zamami village, part of Keramashoto National Park in the prefecture, witnessed a U.S. military airplane flying low in the air on Zamami island’s western edge on the afternoon of Dec. 28, 2020.

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