August 16, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Sakae Toiyama reports from Washington DC
On August 14 at the 31st annual convention of the Veterans for Peace (VFP), a representative of the Ryukyu-Okinawa Chapter Douglas Lummis, and an associate of the same chapter Yoshikazu Makishi called for the VFP members to support retraction of the plan to relocate Futenma Air Station to Henoko.
Lummis reported that candidates who approve of the plan to relocate Futenma Air Station to Henoko are unable to win in Okinawa. To support this point, he mentioned the results of the Okinawa gubernatorial election, the Nago mayoral election, and the House of Councillors Okinawa district seat election.
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Sakae Toiyama reports from Washington DC
On August 14 at the 31st annual convention of the Veterans for Peace (VFP), a representative of the Ryukyu-Okinawa Chapter Douglas Lummis, and an associate of the same chapter Yoshikazu Makishi called for the VFP members to support retraction of the plan to relocate Futenma Air Station to Henoko.
Lummis reported that candidates who approve of the plan to relocate Futenma Air Station to Henoko are unable to win in Okinawa. To support this point, he mentioned the results of the Okinawa gubernatorial election, the Nago mayoral election, and the House of Councillors Okinawa district seat election.
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