Tolerance.ca
Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Japan Holds Trial Over US Base Move on Okinawa

Japan's government and its southern island of Okinawa went to court Wednesday over plans to relocate a U.S. military base there despite local opposition. The central government filed a lawsuit against Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga to allow construction to move forward. Japan and the United States have been trying for nearly 20 years to relocate the Futenma Air Base from a heavily populated section of Okinawa to the less developed area of Henoko Bay. Many residents, however, want...


Read complete article

© Voice of America -
Subscribe to Tolerance.ca


Follow us on ...
Facebook Twitter