TOKYO: Tens of thousands of protesters in Okinawa vowed to stop the planned relocation of a US military base, saying they want it off the southern Japanese island entirely.
Opponents of the relocation say the plan to move US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from a crowded neighbourhood to a coastal site would not only be an environmental debacle but also ignore local wishes to remove the base.
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