The Japanese government has announced that it plans to restart construction work on a controversial US airbase in Okinawa as early as next week. The problems with the existing airbase at Futnema – a densely populated area…
Politicians are regularly accused of not keeping their word but that could not be said for Takeshi Onaga, the governor of Okinawa. True to his 2014 campaign pledge to stop the building of a new US Marine Corps base in the…