SAGA Fearing that a lack of higher educational institutions is causing a “brain drain,” Saga prefectural officials are seeking to open new universities and reorganize an existing one.
By MATTHEW M. BURKE AND AYA ICHIHASHI | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 22, 2021 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Okinawans called on President Joe Biden this week to reconsider construction of a new Marine Corps airfield on the island, while others in Japan hope he’ll push for an accounting of Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea. The relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma out of an urban area to a site under construction farther north at Camp Schwab in the Henoko district is a sticking point with many Okinawans. Most voters in a February 2019 referendum, 72%, opposed the plan. Just over half the prefecture’s 1.15 million registered voters turned out.
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A protester in a canoe holds up a sign against land reclamation work for the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Henoko coastal area of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture last month. | KYODO
Kyodo Jan 22, 2021
Anti-U.S. base groups in Okinawa, Japanese nationals previously abducted by North Korea and the relatives of abductees on Thursday urged the new U.S. administration under President Joe Biden to take the initiative in resolving their respective issues.