September 16, 2016

"A Japanese court on Friday ruled against moves made by Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga aimed at blocking the work necessary for the central government's plans to relocate a controversial U.S. Marine base within the prefecture, with the standoff now likely to go to the Supreme Court.

The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court adjudged that Onaga's revocation of a landfill permit last October previously granted by his predecessor was 'illegal.'

The permit was central to work necessary to the central government's plans to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the crowded residential area of Ginowan to the less populated coastal area of Nago in Henoko, also on the island."

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