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4 December (Fri.) Approximately two years of sediment dumping and yet less than 4% completed / Sediment shipping from Awa and Shiokawa for 3 days in a row

Every day, around 1000 loadings of earth and soil are shipped from Motobu Shiokawa and dumped at the land reclamation […]

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Dec 2 (Wed): Mr. & Mrs. Nakamura commit to our protest after recovery from injury: There is hope for Okinawa. An activist in Motobu Town, Kizo Takagaki, passed away.

The couple comes dressed in a matching T-shirt. Six months have passed since their relocation to Nago City from Tokyo, […]

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Nov 30 (Mon): 72 U.S. soldiers infected, the highest number ever / Accelerate the loading and unloading of earth and sand by setting up a pontoon to the K9 revetment

(In front of Camp Schwab Gate) Many people are visiting Henoko using the government’s financial support campaign, “Go to Travel”. […]

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Nov 27 (Fri): A U.S. think-tank predicts, “The completion of a new base unlikely.” The riot police’s control at Awa relaxed.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a U.S. think-tank, published a report in November on a new base […]

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Nov 25 (Wed): Thirteen citizens filed a claim to the Public Safety Commission that the language and behavior of the riot police leader, H, is against the law. Eighty-five citizens made a protest at four places.

On Nov 24, thirteen citizens filed a claim to the Public Safety Commission. They also submitted a written inquiry to […]

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Nov 20 (Fri): “The central government’s instruction was unlawful,” Governor Tamaki claims in the lawsuit of corals in Henoko. A singer, Mayumi Kawaguchi, performed in front of the gate.

Again, the case of Okinawa prefectural government vs. the central government regarding the corals in Oura Bay is in court. […]

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Nov 18 (Wed): The Okinawa Defense Bureau changes the soil unloading method to give an impression the construction proceeds well. Eighty people protested in four places.

The Okinawa Defense Bureau developed a new method to speed up the unloading of earth and sand. The Committee on […]

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Nov 16 (Mon): The U.S. Army took more than three months to approve a request for a drone flight. Trucks’ excessive loading requires examination in Shiokawa

Okinawa Times reported that the U.S. military took more than three months to respond to a request to use a […]

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Nov 13 (Fri): Saint Kamoshita says, “I think it important to find a course that Okinawa does not depend on the big powers.”; The removal of the old pier caused pollution at Awa.

A group wearing bright yellow monk robes continues the peace procession beating the Uchiwa Daiko (small drams) this week. They […]

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　Nov 11 (Wed): Shipping decreased both at Awa and Shiokawa.／60, or more citizens made a protest at five places.

(In front of Camp Schwab Gate) About 30 members of Naha Shimagurumi (Naha chapter of Island-Wide Conference) staged a sit-in […]

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Nov 9 (Mon): Once a small hamlet, now the Camp Schwab; Shipping out earth and sand from Shiokawa after one week’s absence

A map stored at Nago City drew my attention. It shows a little hamlet at the Oura cape (a part […]

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Nov 6 (Fri): Drilling survey in progress to alter the course of the Mijagawa river; No work at Awa and Shiokawa

On Nov 3, we learned that the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) has been doing a drilling survey to alter the […]

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Nov 2 (Mon): “I have to stand firm now for my children and grandchildren,” says Yoshiko Higa.; 45 citizens made the protest at three places.

Ms. Yoshiko Higa (73 years old) has a reserved position for the protest, in the north of the delivery truck […]

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Oct 30 (Fri): The Camp Schwab reported 11 new cases of Covid-19 infection. / Our canoe team did an excellent job at Awa

(In front of Camp Schwab Gate) Approximately 20 people participated in the sit-in protest from 8:30 am onwards. Yesterday, the […]

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Oct 28 (Wed): The central government estimates more than 100 vessels required to landfill the Oura Bay; Protest lively in front of the gate

I went to a site opposite Camp Schwab and climbed to a little hill where a small lighthouse used to […]

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Oct 26 (Mon): 65 people protested at 4 places; 　　Approximately 3.3 % of earth and sand needed for completion of the landfill thrown in

(In front of Camp Schwab Gate) Approximately 40 people, including Shimagurumi Naha (Island-Wide Conference Naha), did a sit-in protest. Kazuo […]

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Oct 23 (Fri): Two “Sugita”s disturb the current Diet session; No shipping of earth and sand due to unseasonable weather for two consecutive days.

In the current Diet session, two “Sugita”s are likely to shake the floor. “Women can tell lies as much as […]

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Oct 21 (Wed): Chiharu Yamaguchi’s “Canoe Donating Group for Henoko”; / An unlawful arrest of a woman at Shiokawa

“How much is a canoe? Where can I buy it?” The support of Henoko by Chiharu Yamaguchi started in 2014 […]

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Oct 19 (Mon): Eleven Diet members of the non-ruling parties visited to show support for the protesters; The riot police restrained GoGo Drive members for an hour.

Eleven Diet members of the non-ruling parties visited the protest site to show their support. At 9 in the morning, […]

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Oct 16 (Fri): Removal work of the old pier started at Awa; 60 people protested at five places

(In front of Camp Schwab Gate) Approximately 30 people started to do the sit-in protest at 8:40 in the morning. […]

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Oct 14 (Wed): Zenji Niina established a local Fishery Association to protect the sea; 27 students from Wako Gakuen visited Henoko and learned, “the Okinawan’s war experience is inseparable from their opposition to the military bases.”

“The sea is the heart of Okinawa. We should never destroy it unnecessarily. We will never allow its destruction for […]

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Oct 12 (Mon): Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) ordered a construction work before approved by Okinawa Prefectural Government; The opinion statements reached 18,904.

An arrogant attitude of ODB, ignoring Okinawa Prefecture, was shown again; ODB ordered the next construction work before obtaining approval […]

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Oct 7 (Wed): Typhoon No.14 stopped shipping the earth and sand

Typhoon No. 14, approaching Okinawa, stopped shipping the earth and sand from Ryukyu Cement Awa Pier and MotobuShiokawa Pier. They […]

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Oct 5 (Mon): On Oct 3, 700 people participated in the Intensive Action in front of the Camp Schwab Gate held for the first time in 7 months; 80 people protested at five places.

On Oct 3, last week, the Kenmin Dai-Koudo (Okinawa People’s Intensive Action), which had been suspended since March in order […]

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Oct 2 (Fri): Henoko land reclamation drastically delayed; Over 15,000 opinion statements reached the prefectural office.

On Oct 1, the Okinawa Defense Bureau commented on the current state of the land reclamation: At the area 2-1 […]

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Sep 30 (Wed): “We will not let them use even a grain of sand from our hometown for the war,” says Etsuko Abe, who visits the places listed for sand collection; Daniel, “I am here to learn about the pre-war and War in my grandfather’s hometown, Okinawa.

It was from the articles in the Ryukyu Shimpo on Mar 27 in 2013, when Etsuko learned the shocking news […]

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Sep 28 (Mon): Tabulation: The number of opinion statements exceeded 7,000 as of Sep 25.; 80 citizens made a protest at five places.

The deadline came on Sep 28 for entries of opinions on the request for changes to the original construction plan […]

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Sep 25 (Fri): The sit-in rally at the beach tent comes to the 6000th day; The number of opinion statements received went over 4000 as of Sep 23.

On Sep 21, the sit-in rally at the beach tent marked 6000th day. The rally started on Apr 19, 2004, […]

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Sept. 23 (Wed): Call for public opinion statements. In front of the Camp Schwab Gate, volunteers among the sit-in protesters started a street campaign; 90 people protested at five places.

Campaign to call for public opinion statements against the application for changes to the original construction plan submitted by Okinawa […]

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Sep 18 (Fri): The picture of a girl run over by a military vehicle shocked the mainland; 50 protesters at four different places

A picture taken in Okinawa shocked the people in mainland Japan. The photo of “a girl run over” quickly spread […]