Citizens protest destruction of nature while covering blocks are set along K4 seawall in Henoko
On July 6 on the shore of Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago City, cranes build a protective layer on the K4 seawall.
July 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On July 6 as part of construction in Henoko, Nago City of a replacement facility for Futenma Air Station, work began on installing covering blocks at the K4 seawall on the shore of Camp Schwab.
Mobile cranes were observed lifting these covering blocks into place to form a protective layer. Since Typhoon No. 8 is expected to come upon Okinawa’s shore early next week, the work is probably a preventative measure against the approaching typhoon.
On July 6 on the shore of Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago, coast guard personnel perform their duties by the silt curtain that washed up on the K4 seawall.
Citizens in three protest boats checked on the status of damage from the last typhoon.
In Typhoon No. 7, a silt curtain in the vicinity of the K4 seawall was washed up onto the seawall. Protesting citizens called to the Coast Guard personnel and construction personnel: “Nature is mighty. Stop destroying the ocean that nature has cultivated.”
Sea turtles were spotted swimming between the protest boats and the Japan Coast Guard boats.
The citizens insisted, “Let’s be careful of the sea turtles.”
Both the protest boats and Coast Guard boats stayed at a standstill as the turtles swam past.
These citizens stated that if nature is destroyed, the sea turtles cannot return to the shore.
Their egg-laying grounds will have been snatched away.
On July 6 on the shore of Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago, cranes lift covering blocks into place on the K4 seawall.
(English translation by T&CT and Erin Jones)
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