The Supreme Court of Japan has once again rejected it!, Okinawa arms can't twist thighs? Relocation case of US military base
September 4th local time
According to Japanese media reports
Okinawa Prefecture Government Regarding the Relocation of US Base in Japan
Appeal filed
Once again rejected by the Supreme Court of Japan
According to the report of Nihon Keizai Shimbun on September 4 local time, around the confrontation between the Japanese government and the Okinawa Prefecture Government on the relocation of the Futenma base of the US military stationed in Japan, the Japanese Supreme Court made a decision on the second of the two lawsuits filed by Okinawa Prefecture the same day, rejected the appeal of the Okinawa Prefecture Government, and upheld the judgment of the Okinawa Prefecture Government made by the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court that it had lost the lawsuit.
At this point, the two lawsuits initiated by Okinawa Prefecture regarding the legality of Japanese central government administrative orders have both ended in defeat.
The focus of the conflict in this case is the land reclamation construction in the Yanyegu area near the relocation site of Putianjian Base. Due to the soft geological conditions in some areas, it is not suitable to build facilities such as airplane runways. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has proposed a construction design change plan, and the Okinawa Prefectural Government has made a decision not to approve it. Subsequently, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan intervened and deemed the decision of the Okinawa Prefectural Government not to approve it invalid. The Okinawa Prefectural Government went to court with the Japanese Central Government for this matter.
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In 1996, the Japanese and American governments agreed to relocate the US military base located in Putenma, Okinawa Prefecture to Nagoya, Nagao City. The relocation required land reclamation and the construction of two new aircraft runways. The people of Okinawa strongly oppose this and demand that the US military base be completely relocated from Okinawa.
In 2013, then Okinawa Prefectural Governor Masahiro Nakai issued a land reclamation permit.
In 2018, the then governor Weng Changxiong revoked this permit and called for the suspension of construction on the grounds that the ancient foundation of the border was soft.
In 2019, then Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism, Kiichi Ishii, ruled that Okinawa Prefecture should withdraw its administrative decision denying construction permits. The Okinawa Prefectural Government has raised objections to this and has begun to continuously resist the central government through legal means.