The governor of Okinawa says he has appealed last week's high court ruling that ordered him to approve a modified landfill plan to relocate a key U.S. military base within the southern island prefecture.
The Okinawa prefectural government has decided to ignore a court order to approve a modified plan for a key U.S. base relocation within the southern prefecture, an official said, paving the way for the state to take the unprecedented step of doing so by proxy.
The Japanese government is arranging to approve a modified plan for landfill work to relocate a key U.S. base within Okinawa next week bypassing the local government, which seems poised to defy a court order mandating the approval, sources with knowledge of the matter say.