150 citizens hold on-water protest against Henoko base marking one year since embankment work began

150 citizens hold on-water protest against Henoko base marking one year since embankment work began

A little after 9:00 a.m. on April 25 in Henoko Bay, Nago, 150 citizens set out together on the water to protest and call for a halt to construction in Henoko.


April 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

April 25 marked one year since embankment work commenced for the new base in Henoko, Nago City.

The Helicopter Base Objection Association held a sit-in on the water in Oura Bay.

A little after 9:00 a.m., 150 people called to action assembled in 60 canoes and 8 boats and set out together.

They faced the shore of Camp Schwab where construction is moving forward and raised their voices with the messages: “Don’t destroy nature,” and “Stop construction.”

At 1:00 p.m. the protestors met on the shore in Henoko to hold a solidarity assembly.

Around 9:20 a.m. on April 25 citizens protest from the water, calling for a halt to construction of the new base. The K3 embankment, which is under construction, is visible in the center of the photograph.

 

(English translation by T&CT and Erin Jones)

 

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