The governor of Okinawa has called for international support for his opposition to a plan to relocate a US military base within the prefecture.
Governor Takeshi Onaga addressed a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
Onaga noted that Okinawa accounts for only 0.6 percent of Japan's total land area, but hosts 73.8 percent of its US military facilities.
He said US military bases have been the cause of incidents, accidents and environmental problems in the prefecture for 70 years since World War Two ended.
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