The construction of a new US military base in Okinawa has begun

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, Japan’s Secretary General and former Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has announced that the construction of a new US military base near the city of “Nago” in Okinawa will replace the Futenma base. It started on the same island and its construction will take more than 9 years.

According to the report of Ryanovsti news agency, Hayashi said in this regard: “We received a report from the Ministry of Defense that it was built and The construction in the area of ​​Ura Bay has started today because all the necessary preparations have been completed.

At the end of December, the Japanese authorities, without the permission of the Okinawa Prefecture authorities, built a new US base. They approved the transfer of the Futenma base in Nago city limits. Currently, the operation to fill the sea bed has already started.

Reports indicate that the preliminary plans have started on Monday, so that the area around the Hesarbandi beach

The plan to transfer the US military base is associated with a large number of legal cases between the government and the authorities of Okinawa Prefecture, which slows down the construction process of this new military base that started today.

Okinawa Governor Danny Tamaki says that he has filed a lawsuit against the central government in the Supreme Court regarding the issuance of a license to build a new US military base, although the lawsuit cannot stop the construction work and the construction only It will stop if the Supreme Court’s ruling is issued in favor of Okinawa’s governor.

The US Navy’s Futenma base in Okinawa is known as the most dangerous military base in the world because it is located near a residential area.

According to the 2006 Japan-US agreement, this military base was supposed to be transferred to Henoku in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. To make this happen, about 157 hectares of coastal strip would have to be filled in, which would damage coral reefs.

In addition, local officials say that moving the US military base to the site Another one in the same Okinawa does not reduce the heavy responsibility of the authorities of this prefecture in hosting the US military bases.

According to this report, Okinawa, which occupies only 0.6% of Japan But in terms of area calculation, it hosts 74% of all bases in the United States.

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