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| US Marine Corps Futenma air station |
TOKYO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A court on Thursday ordered the Japanese government to pay some 2.46 billion yen (22.6 million U.S. dollars) in damages to residents near the U.S. Futenma air base in Okinawa prefecture for aircraft noise.
A total of 3,395 residents filed the suit with the Naha District Court against the government, complaining of emotional distress and negative impacts on the health caused by the aircraft noise and demanded 10 billion yen in compensation.
The court recognized the sufferings of local residents around the air base and said the government failed to take effective measures to prevent the damages since the 1970s.
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