TOKYO – Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki is digging in the trenches as a rift deepens with the national government over the relocation of a United States marine base within his prefecture.
Tokyo is running roughshod over Okinawa’s right to peace, and refusing to engage in constructive dialogue in a seemingly headlong militarisation rush, he said in an online interview with The Straits Times.
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