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Japan: Okinawan Activist Opposed to U.S. Military Base Denied Bail

HeadlineFeb 24, 2017

Japan’s Supreme Court has denied bail to a prominent activist opposed to the U.S. military’s presence in Okinawa. Hiroji Yamashiro was arrested last fall on charges he cut through a barbed wire fence surrounding a U.S. base. For decades, residents have called for the expulsion of U.S. troops from Okinawa, which houses about two-thirds of the 50,000 U.S. troops currently stationed in Japan.

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