White House petition to halt Henoko construction reaches 100,000 signature goal in 10 days
White House petition website to halt bringing in sediment for new base construction in Henoko, Nago City that reached 100,000 signature goal.
December 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
At a little past 3:00 p.m. on December 18, the online petition to halt the new base construction in Henoko, Nago City in association with the relocation of the U.S. military Futenma Air Station surpassed its goal of 100,000 signatures and reached 100,343 signatures. People supporting the purpose of the petition used social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, to call out to others to sign the petition, which rapidly spread beyond the U.S. The plan is to collect even more signatures and appeal to the White House.
White House petition website to halt bringing in sediment for new base construction in Henoko, Nago City that reached 100,000 signature goal.
The petition was initiated on December 8 on the White House petition website, We the People, by 32-year-old and fourth-generation Okinawan-American Robert Kajiwara who lives in Hawaii.
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