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People stage a protest as construction workers start dumping a truckload of sediment into the sea at Henoko on Okinawa's east coast Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Japan's central government has started main reclamation work at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa to vote on U.S. military base relocation

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

People prepare to vote in a referendum at a polling station in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. The people of Okinawa are voting on a plan for a U.S. military base relocation in the referendum that will send a message on how they feel about housing American troops in Japan, who many see as a burden on the group of tiny southwestern islands. (Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa votes in referendum on US military base relocation

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press