Japan's central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition.

NAHA--The cost for three areas of reclamation work to build a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture has soared by 60 percent to 41.6 billion yen ($383.7 million) in only two and a half years ...

TOKYO -- The government is poised to change the plan for land reclamation off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for a new U.S. Marine Corps base to reinforce a weak section of ...

NAHA—A court here on Dec. 20 gave the Okinawa prefectural government three days to approve a design change application for land reclamation work related to the relocation of a U.S. military base.

The projected shore base construction will see the first phase of 10 acres made operational by December 2023, with additional acreages delivered by the second quarter of 2024.

Based on case examples of landfill work elsewhere and other factors, the Okinawa Prefectural Government has released its own estimate that the reclamation work off Henoko will ultimately cost 2.55 ...

Japan's central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition. Construction ...