No permission for gathering the coral to be transplanted in connection with work on the Henoko relocation plan, so the Nation issues a ‘correction order’ to the Prefecture. (30mr23)


Splendor of Okinawa: Duranta, roadside Uruma, 23fe23


In connection with the landfill for new base construction at Henoko, coral in the sea at the site was to be replanted elsewhere. However, Okinawa Prefecture has refused the Okinawa Ministry of Defence Bureau’s  special request for permission to gather coral from the site.


So, on 29 March, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries issued a ‘correction order’, based on regional self government law,  that the Prefecture must issue the permission.


In response to the correction order, the Prefecture is considering whether to request an inspection by the General Affairs third party organ, the National Regional Dispute Processing Committee (Conflict Committee).


This is the 2nd time the Nation has issued a correction order on the coral gathering.

　

The coral subject to the request for permission to be gathered from Oura Bay are about 84,000 colonies of a small breed of coral, 8 colonies of ginger coral, and 21 colonies of a large breed of coral.

　

The Okinawa Ministry of Defense Bureau is countering the Prefecture’s rejection of its request for special permission to gather that coral. Last December, the Agriculure Ministry judged the Prefecture’s handling of the refusal of permission null and void.


But, even after the Agriculture Ministry’s nullification of its stance of refusal, the Prefecture still refused permission for the coral collection. So, on the basis of a fisheries law violation, on 17 March, the ministry counseled the Prefecture to ‘give permission and get it over with.’ The ministry requested the Prefecture to respond by 24 March.


The Prefecture responded to the ministry’s counsel. It pointed out that, because of the weak seabed on the Oura Bay side of the land fill, design changes would be needed to reinforce it and 3 court cases are being fought out over it.


Last December the Prefecture received the nullification judgment on the coral issue. But the request for the design changes still have not been accepted by the Prefecture.


The National Ministry of Land and Transport assumes that its nullification of the Prefecture’s decision and issuance of its correction order are valid. However, the Prefecture has carefully scrutinized the Ministry of Agriculture’s decision, found it problematic, and claims, “It is rife with serious and obvious flaws”

　

Governor Denny Tamaki stated, “Today I’ve heard from the pertinent section that a document has been issued ordering us to decide to give permission. This is after having gotten a formally transmitted correction order. From now,  the matter will be left to pertinent sections to confirm the contents. Then we’ll consider how we, as Okinawa Prefecture, will respond.”


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Wednesday 29 March 2023 at 18:54. Byline Masakazu Umeda

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/18064fd87cf0c2cbf2d561e67546e828baab27ab


Denny in the News: news about Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 

  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 

  2. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.

  3. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

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