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| US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma |
NAGO, Okinawa -- The construction of a new U.S. Marine facility in this city's Henoko district kicked into high gear on the morning of Feb. 7 as the Japanese Defense Ministry began laying concrete blocks on the seabed just off the coast.
The controversial new facility is being built as a replacement for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, also on Okinawa's main island. The concrete blocks are part of an anti-pollution cordon being built around the construction project, which includes filling in a swath of coastal waters for a new runway.
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