Japanese authorities have resumed landfill work at the planned new site of the U.S. military base on Okinawa despite protests by island residents that it tramples on their rightsA reclamation work is resumed at a construction site off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)A reclamation work is resumed at a construction site off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)A reclamation work is resumed at a construction site off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)A reclamation work is resumed at a construction site off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. But Okinawa’s prefectural government rejected the revision plan and suspended the reclamation work.

Source: ABC News January 11, 2024 01:46 UTC