Japan Restarts Work on New US Airbase on Okinawa

Work resumed Thursday on a new U.S. military air base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, marking a victory for the central government in Tokyo over attempts by the island's governor to block the controversial relocation.  Angry protesters gathered outside the construction site on Henoko Bay as workers arrived with earth-moving equipment, several of the demonstrators sitting in the road and blocking the entrance.  Construction had been halted since August while...

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