In its ruling on a dispute concerning the construction of a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture, the Supreme Court simply endorsed the government’s policy while abandoning the role of the judiciary as the watchdog over the executive branch.
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has come under pressure to reverse his rejection of the central government s proposed changes to land reclamation work for the relocation of a U.S. military base within his prefecture under a Supreme Court ruling on Sept. 4.
The land minister has ordered the Okinawa prefectural government to reverse course and approve a design change for highly contentious work to relocate a U.S. military base to the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.
The Defense Ministry has once again prevailed in its relentless push to forge ahead with a hugely unpopular land reclamation project to relocate a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture.