"Information" Battle of Okinawa: Futenma-Henoko Issues
"Information" Battle of Okinawa: Futenma-Henoko Issues Henoko Base Construction Project at Crossroads Director, OEJP Hideki Yoshikawa Okinawa’s 30-year struggle to halt construction of a new U.S. military base at Henoko-Oura Bay is at another crossroads. The September gubernatorial election brought Genta Koja, a proponent of the Tokyo government's Futenma-Henoko plan , to office, replacing Denny Tamaki, a staunch opponent of the plan. The new governor now appears to be fully and subserviently collaborating with the Tokyo government to advance the plan. The Okinawa Environmental Justice Project and other civil society organizations need to intensify our challenge to the administration a nd the Tokyo government. Stars and Stripes (Sep. 30, 2026) reports that Governor Koja closed the Henoko New Base Construction Countermeasure Division. Backed by the Liberal Democratic Party, other conservative parties and the Tokyo government, Koja ran his campaign primarily on economi...