TOKYO: Thousands of protesters formed a human chain around Japan’s parliament Sunday in protest at the planned construction of a new US base on the southern island of Okinawa.
Some 28,000 people, according to local media, surrounded the building holding banners reading “No more US bases in Okinawa” and “Follow the will of Okinawa”.
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