Okinawa officials on Friday filed a lawsuit against the central Japanese government in a new bid to block the slated construction of a U.S. military base in the prefecture’s Henoko region. Residents have long expressed anger and frustration over the crime and pollution they say comes along with the presence of foreign troops. the southern Japanese island, which has long served as home base for more than half of the 50,000 American military service members in Japan, as well as over two-thirds of U.S. bases in the country.
— source commondreams.org