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Apr 20 (Mon): The construction work is suspended completely !

Today, no earth and sand were shipped out of Awa and Shiokawa. The construction of the new base is suspended […]

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Apr 17 (Fri): One of the construction workers infected, the work to be suspended from the next week? / Shipping from Awa and Shiokawa continued today

COVID-19 is spreding widely and fast in Okinawa. Since the 1st case of infection was detected on Feruary 14, new […]

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April 15 (Wed): Toxic fire-extinguishing foam massively spilled from MCAS Futenma / Shimagurumi Kaigi (All Okinawa Council) stopped running a bus service to protect the protest participants from infection of coronavirus

On April 10th, the fire-extinguishing foam containing PFOS, which is classified as “carcinogenic to humans,” was massively leaked off Marine […]

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Apr 13 (Mon): Cries of Dugong confirmed in Oura Bay? / Actions of GoGo Drive members hinder landfill soil deliveries

It seems that the dugongs might have been returned to Oura Bay. On the 10th of April, a sound that […]

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Apr 10 (Fri): The Anti Helicopter-Base Association demanded the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) to discontinue the construction.／ It took a whole day for a self propelling grab hopper barge to load only 135 truckloads of earth/sand

The Anti Helicopter-Base Association, a core group member of the anti-base protest movement, took an appeal action against the ODB […]

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Apr 8 (Wed): Landfill work in Henoko is more than a year behind the schedule / Total 1381 truckloads shipped out from Awa and Shiokawa

Shipping out from Awa and Shiokawa has been accelerated, but we found on 8th that landfill in Henoko is more […]

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Apr 3 (Fri): Feeding traces of dugongs discovered, do they live around the islands of Irabu and Hateruma? / 1124 truckloads shipped out from Awa and Shiokawa

Feeding traces of dugongs were discovered around the islands of Irabu and Hateruma, quite a distance from the Okinawa Main […]

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Apr 1 (Wed) : Belt conveyors to be removed from Motobu Shiokawa Pier／Protest continued at three places all day

The civil movement contributed to removal of the belt conveyors which had been installed at Motobu Shiokawa Pier. The installation […]

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Mar 30 (Mon): Coronavirus infected 2 U.S. soldiers stationed at Kadena Base, but no contact-tracing is allowed / Hired civilian guards work without protection of a mask

Coronavirus is spreading in Okinawa. Japan declared on 29th that no entry is permitted from China, Korea, and U.S.A., which […]

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March 27 (FRI): The Supreme Court dismissed the final appeal filed by Okinawa Prefecture / the former Prime Minister Hatoyama visited the tent

The court made another unjust ruling to please the Abe administration. Okinawa’s lawsuit had requested cancellation of the decision made […]

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Mar 25 (Wed): Masataka Okuhira says: “Leprosy and the new military base have the same root” / 1058 truckloads of earth/sand were delivered to Motobu Shiokawa and Awa piers

The drone regulations that became effective in May last year make it difficult to photograph the construction site of the […]

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Mar 23 (Mon) : At Motobu Shiokawa Pier, a shipping contractor brought in a belt conveyor without permission.／50 citizens made a protest at three places though being under recent threat of the coronavirus.

An illegal activity of the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) was found out again. A responsible person in the Okinawa Preferectural […]

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March 18 (Wed): Former Mayor of Nago joins the protest every week / At Awa the delivery of earth and sand continued until 8pm

We have a regrettable memory. In the mayoral election in Nago 2 years ago, we could not make Susumu Inamine […]

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Mar 16 (Mon): Mr. Oshiro monitors dump trucks at Awa every day “homeland soil is for peace” / Unexpected participation by 4 college students to the sit-in in front of the gate

Protest movement is supported by steady efforts of many people. Mr. Oshiro Seiji (assumed name, 73 yrs old) is one […]

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Mar 13 (Fri): The Okinawa Defense Bureau faces 2 issues on the shipping of earth/sand / In the rain, 40 citizens continued to protest.

We have learned that the Okinawa Defense Bureau is struggling to speed up the earth/sand shipping operation. It proves that […]

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Mar 11 (Wed): U.S. Army helicopters exercise in the Henoko sky for two nights in a row outraged the residents / A sit-in protest in Awa restrained dump trucks from making left turns

It happened the last night and the night before in the sky of Henoko: 2 to 4 U.S. military helicopters […]

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March 9 (Mon): Diving team servey: “Coral bleaching is on process” / 852 truckloads of earth and sand shipped out at Awa and Shiokawa

Last week the diving team “Rainbow” surveyed on the condition of coral in the Oura Bay. The focused survey point […]

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Mar 6 (Fri): Tomorrow’s meeting to be cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak / 60 protestors rallied at 4 locations

The intensive meeting held on the 1st Saturday of every month in front of the gate is usually attended by […]

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Mar 4 (Wed) :The U.S. military bases are the largest barrier to economic development in Okinawa / The riot police in front of the gate respected “Day of Sanshin”

”Economy in Okinawa depends on the revenue from the U.S. military bases and therefore, Okinawans will be in trouble if […]

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March 2, (Mon): Only ten work vessels for ground improvement exist in Japan / Total 1,274 truckloads of earth and sand shipped out from Awa and Shiokawa

As the soft seabed, not included in the original construction plan, was discovered at the reclamation area two years ago, […]

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Feb 28 (Fri): Area ②-1 almost completely landfilled / More than 1000 deliveries were made on February 27th

Due to the inadequate and slow responses of the Abe administration to the Coronavirus outbreak, the virus is spreading all […]

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Feb 26 (Wed): One year after the prefectural referendum, “Democracy in Japan is being tested”, said the Governor / “5-Days Intensive Action” is going on at 5 locations

On the day before yesterday, one year after the prefectural referendum, Governor Tamaki talked to the press: Abe administration has […]

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Feb 21 (Fri): Unprecedented detention of 6 persons unjustifiably arrested has continued / “Mr. Gate Front” stopped dangerous left turn of the dump trucks at Awa

The 6 (the number was corrected from 5 to 6) persons who were unjustifiably arrested on Feb 19 have been […]

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Feb 19 (Wed): DVD “What is happening in Okinawa?” released in 6 languages / 5 people got unlawfully arrested

In order to inform people in other countries on the issues concerning the new base in Henoko, a DVD entitled […]

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Feb 17 (Mon): Abe’s approval rating sharply fell / 40 citizens stopped dump trucks at Awa

The result of the examination by the specialists on the feasibility of constructing a new base at the Oura Bay […]

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Feb 14 (Fri): The central government “urged” Okinawa prefectural government to issue a permit to transplant corals, but Okinawa refused / “Let’s pass a baton of peace to our children” on Valentine’s Day

Minister Eto of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries “urged” Okinawa Prefectural government to grant a permission to the […]

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Feb 12 (Mon) : “Miracle, again!” Five-day Intensive Action starts on Feb 25 ／Canoe members blocked dump trucks at Shiokawa Pier

Almost one year has passed since the “Prefectural Referendum” (Feb 14, 2019) which proved that about 72% of the votes […]

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Feb 7 (Fri): National Institute of Technology to be suffered from noise and danger/100 people protested at 4 places in heavy rain

National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College is located in close vicinity of the construction site of the new base. The […]

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Feb 5 (Wed): Japan’s “omoiyari” coverage for U.S. military base cost in Japan is unusually high / More than 1,000 truckloads shipped out

News papers have reported that Japanese government has shown the most lenient “omoiyari” in sharing the cost of U.S. military […]

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Feb 3 (Mon): Measures against sinking runways　Opposition parties question validity of applying the criteria for commercial runways to military runways / The amount of earth/sand dumped as of the end of January was 1.9% of the total required for completion of landfill

It was clarified that a draft of a ground improvement plan for the new military base, developed by the Ministry […]