Okinawa’s New US Marine Base’s Underwater Nemesis
The long-besieged proposed US Marine base at Henoko on the pristine eastern coast of Okinawa, opposed by at least 75 percent of the island’s residents, has run into another obstacle -- new court decisions protecting the lowly, endangered Okinawan dugong.
The Marines have been trying to build an expanded base on Okinawa for decades. The corps base at Fute…
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