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New US Okinawa base backed by Japan Supreme Court
« on: December 21, 2016, 02:48:08 am »
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New US Okinawa base backed by Japan Supreme Court

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the government's plan to relocate a US airbase to a remote part of the island of Okinawa.

The island's governor wanted the base moved off Okinawa altogether and built in another part of Japan.

The US has about 26,000 troops and several bases in Okinawa as part of a deal with Japan after World War Two.

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