With the Prefecture tuned to non-approval on the Henoko construction, the National Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry is poised to quickly exercise proxy. (23de23)
Splendor of Okinawa: Moth Orchid, roadside Futenma, 22de23 In the case of the relocation of the US Military Futenma Airfield in Ginowan to Henoko in Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture has been ordered by the Naha Branch of the Fukuoka High Court to approve design changes in construction to shore up the weak seabed at Henoko. However, the Prefecture is in its final fine-tuning on how not to approve the Court’s 25 December deadline. A number of members of the Prefectural Headquarters confirmed this as of 23 December. The Headquarters members, including Governor Denny Tamaki, will meet on 25 December to make its formal decision. If the ordered approval is not given, National Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito, based on the Regional Autonomy Law, will quickly execute the approval by proxy. Then, the Okinawa Branch of the Defense Ministry plans to set to work on its construction in Oura Bay, the site of the weak seabed, in mid-January. Original Japan...