Rally at Kantei protests soil deposits, requests no stay be used against Onaga’s revocation
On the evening of July 30, rally participants stand in front of the Kantei in Tokyo and call for soil deposits to be stopped. These participants show their support for Governor Onaga announcing he will revoke his predecessor's land reclamation approval concerning the new base being built in Henoko.
July 30, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On July 30, the Tokyo liaison council “Don’t Fill the Ocean in Henoko With Sand” held a rally to support Governor Takeshi Onaga’s announcement that he will revoke the approval of land reclamation work in Henoko, and to demand a halt to soil depositing.
The rally was held in front of the prime minister’s official residence, the Kantei.
Attendees also called for revisions to the Henoko base construction plan and for soil depositing scheduled for August to be abandoned.
On the evening of July 30, rally participants stand in front of the Kantei in Tokyo.
During the rally, a member of the organizing liaison council submitted a letter to the Cabinet Office requesting that soil deposits be stopped and that a stay of execution not be used against Governor Onaga’s revocation.
Aside from requests to the Japanese government, some participants were calling for signatures asking the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to tangibly pursue making repeat inspections on construction in Henoko.
An 81-year-old woman from Tokyo who attended the sit-in at the Kantei showed sympathy for Governor Takeshi Onaga. She said, “I want to go to Okinawa, but I can’t make it, so I will raise my voice against base construction here. Having a base comes down to being complicit in war.
On the evening of July 30, rally participants stand in front of the Kantei in Tokyo.
Okinawa’s issues are also linked to pollution of the ocean. I want to help the governor, and his illness causes concern.”
(English translation by T&CT and Erin Jones)
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