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April 26, 2018

Japan: Okinawans Protest Construction of U.S. Military Base
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In Okinawa, Japan, hundreds of protesters are in the midst of a
week-long demonstration against the construction of a massive new U.S.
Marine Corps base. On Wednesday, riot police moved in to arrest scores
of people as they held a nonviolent sit-in protest at the gates of
Marine Corps Camp Schwab. Activists in about 80 canoes and boats also
held a protest offshore. Okinawan peace activists have fought for
decades for the expulsion of U.S. troops from their island.


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