Okinawa Reacts Central Government's Notification of Restart of Reclamation Work For US Base

NAGO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 28: Anti- U.S. Air Base reloaction protesters stage a sit-in in front of the U.S. Camp Schwab on October 28, 2015 in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. The central government notified Okinawa Prefecture that it will immediately start land reclamation work for a U.S. military base project. The reclamation work will begin on Octocer 29 in the Henoko district of Nago. Okinawa Governor Onaga nullified his predecessor's permission for the reclamation work in his attempt to block construction of the base. However, the land minister on October 27 issued a temporary injunction on Onaga's order to rescind that permission. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)