The Abe administration has stepped up its efforts to build a replacement facility for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Air Station Futenma located in central Okinawa. There have also been reports that law enforcement authorities have roughly handled people protesting the replacement plan. The forcefulness with which the national government is pushing forward with the the Futenma replacement base could harden the attitude of Okinawans who have expressed their opposition to construction of the new facility.
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