In Japanese moppets who could scarcely toddleat the time of Pearl Harbor, the seeds of democracy were sproutingfast.From the city of Fukuoka, the Kyodo News…
In a move described as "unprecedented," Japan's central government has stepped in and overruled the local government of Okinawa in an effort to jump-start construction on a new base for U.S. troops on the island.
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In October 2019, the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) produced a report detailing widespread, severe soil contamination at Camp Kinser, Urasoe City, concluding it posed a danger to the health of children and local national landscapers. The NMCPHC conducted surveys at sports fields, around clinics and next to an elementary school in November and December 2018, discovering contaminants in excess of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) screening levels which included polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), total 2,3,7,8-TCDD TEQs as dioxins, and the pesticides, DDD and dieldrin.