Japan begins seawall work for controversial new U.S. base in Okinawa

The Japanese government on Tuesday began constructing seawalls for a replacement facility for the U.S. Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture, taking a further step in pushing ahead with the controversial relocation plan.Despite persistent local opposition to the relocation of the base from a residential area in Ginowan to a coastal area in Nago, the state is going ahead with dumping building materials into the sea and plans to launch full-fledged landfill work inside the seawalls possibly in the first half of next year. The prefecture wants the base moved out of Okinawa altogether."I'm …READ FULL ARTICLE