【電子号外】辺野古移設工事が再開 埋め立て効力復活 １０カ月ぶり
琉球新報 2016年12月27日 14:05
【名護】沖縄防衛局は２７日、米軍普天間飛行場の名護市辺野古移設に向けた工事を再開した。今年３月４日に国と県の辺野古代執行訴訟の和解で工事が中断して以来、約１０カ月ぶり。米軍キャンプ・シュワブ内に保管しているフロート（浮具）を海上に設置するための準備を進めている。本格的な工事は年明けに再開する見通し。来年１月以降に海底掘削（ボーリング）調査や汚濁防止膜設置に伴うコンクリートブロックを海中へ投下し、護岸設置に向けた作業を進める。
翁長雄志知事は昨年１０月に普天間飛行場移設に向けた辺野古埋め立て承認を取り消していたが、辺野古違法確認訴訟で最高裁が２０日、県敗訴の判決を出したことを受け、埋め立て承認の取り消し処分を２６日に取り消した。県が郵送した取り消しの通知文が２７日、防衛局に届き、埋め立て承認の効力が復活した。
シュワブのゲート前では２７日午前、辺野古移設に反対する市民ら約１５０人が集まり、工事再開に抗議の声を上げた。大浦湾の海上でも同日午前、カヌー１２艇や抗議船５隻が工事再開の動きを警戒・監視し、辺野古埋め立て反対の声を上げた。
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中断していた名護市辺野古の埋め立て本体工事再開を止めようと、海上で無言の抗議活動を行うカヌー隊ら＝２７日午前８時５０分すぎ、名護市の大浦湾（具志堅千恵子撮影）
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辺野古工事きょう再開 沖縄県が「承認取り消し」処分を取り消し 国の埋め立て効力復活 知事「新基地は阻止」
琉球新報 2016年12月27日 06:30
記者会見を終え、退席する翁長雄志知事＝２６日午後、那覇空港
沖縄県の翁長雄志知事は２６日、米軍普天間飛行場（宜野湾市）の移設計画に伴う名護市辺野古の埋め立て承認を巡り、昨年１０月に行った「取り消し処分」を取り消した。仲井真弘多前知事が２０１３年１２月２７日に行った埋め立て承認の効力が復活することになる。
沖縄防衛局は県からの通知を受けて２７日に埋め立て工事の関連作業を再開し、基地内に保管するフロート（浮具）の海上設置に向けた作業を進める。翁長知事は２６日、記者団に対し「原点に戻り、新辺野古基地を造らせないという新たなスタートを切っていきたい」と述べ、さまざまな知事権限を行使して新基地建設を阻止する決意を改めて強調した。
埋め立て関連工事は今年３月４日の辺野古代執行訴訟の和解以来、９カ月ぶりの再開となる。取り消し処分の取り消しは、辺野古違法確認訴訟で最高裁が２０日に県敗訴の判決を出したことを受けた措置。
県は２６日午後、防衛局宛ての取り消しの通知文を郵送した。防衛局には２７日に到着する。県側は作業の実施前に事前協議を求めている。
防衛局は本格的な工事は年明けに再開し、海底掘削（ボーリング）調査や汚濁防止膜設置に伴うコンクリートブロックの海中投入も行う。当面は護岸設置に向けた作業を目指す。
２６日は米軍キャンプ・シュワブの工事用ゲート前で午前８時半ごろから市民ら約３０人が新基地建設に抗議の声を上げた。陸上部の工事用生コンを搭載したとみられるミキサー車２６台と作業員の車両３台が入った。市民らは「ミキサー車は新基地建設とは直接関係しないと県も確認している」として搬入阻止はしなかった。県の担当課長も車両搬入を現場で確認した。
２０日の最高裁判決は、辺野古埋め立て計画の合理性、防衛局による環境保全措置などには特段不合理な点はないとした上で、翁長知事による承認取り消しは違法と判断した。翁長知事は承認取り消し判断を巡る確定判決には従うと表明していた。
翁長知事は今後も、あらゆる手段で辺野古新基地建設を阻止する考えに変わりないことを強調している。政府が年明けにも普天間飛行場の辺野古移設工事を本格化させる中で、知事側が工事阻止へどのような一手を講じるかが焦点となる。
NAHA, (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government resumed construction work Tuesday at the planned relocation site for a key U.S. air base in Okinawa Prefecture after suspending the work in March, as Gov. Takeshi Onaga vowed to continue his fight to stop the plan.
The resumption came after Onaga rescinded Monday his previous action aimed at blocking the relocation work, following his recent defeat in a lawsuit filed by the central government over the plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma within the island prefecture.
But tension remains between Tokyo and Okinawa. Onaga's call for consultation prior to the resumption of the work was rejected by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga when they met in Tokyo on Tuesday morning.
Onaga told reporters later in the day that the anger and grief of the people of Okinawa over the issue are "huge," criticizing the central government for restarting the work without holding the consultation he had requested.
"I will continue to do my utmost to prevent the construction of a new base in Henoko (in the city of Nago)," Onaga said, referring to the name of the coastal area where the Futenma base, now situated in a crowded residential area of Ginowan, is planned to be relocated.
After decades of hosting the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan, many people in Okinawa are frustrated with noise, crime and accidents linked to the U.S. bases and want the Futenma base to be relocated outside the prefecture. Safety concerns were recently reignited by the crash landing of a U.S. Marines Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft off Nago on Dec. 13.
The Okinawa government is also concerned about potential environmental damage. The sea off Henoko, where a V-shaped runway will be constructed through land reclamation to accommodate an air base, has coral reefs and is a habitat of the endangered dugong.
The central government has maintained that the current relocation plan, crafted under an accord with the United States, is "the only solution" for removing the dangers posed by the Futenma base which is situated close to schools and homes, without undermining the perceived deterrence provided by the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Onaga's predecessor, Hirokazu Nakaima, in 2013 approved the central government's request for landfill work in Nago. But Onaga, who was elected in 2014 on a pledge to oppose the relocation plan, revoked the approval in October 2015.
A legal fight between the central and local governments began following Onaga's revocation and it ended last week with the Supreme Court ruling against the governor's position.
Although Onaga rescinded his revocation, he may resort to other means to hamper the project, such as by refusing to give permission for moving coral reefs in the land reclamation area.
Suga, the top government spokesman, said at a press conference that he told Onaga during their talks Tuesday that the central government will proceed with the landfill work in line with the finalized court ruling, saying that Japan is "a country ruled by law."
About 250 people gathered near the construction site in Henoko to protest against the relocation.
"If we remain silent, it means we are accepting the plan. We will continue to voice our anger," Okinawa resident Tsugiyoshi Inafuku, 63, said as he joined the protest activities.
沖縄防衛局は県からの通知を受けて２７日に埋め立て工事の関連作業を再開し、基地内に保管するフロート（浮具）の海上設置に向けた作業を進める。翁長知事は２６日、記者団に対し「原点に戻り、新辺野古基地を造らせないという新たなスタートを切っていきたい」と述べ、さまざまな知事権限を行使して新基地建設を阻止する決意を改めて強調した。
埋め立て関連工事は今年３月４日の辺野古代執行訴訟の和解以来、９カ月ぶりの再開となる。取り消し処分の取り消しは、辺野古違法確認訴訟で最高裁が２０日に県敗訴の判決を出したことを受けた措置。
県は２６日午後、防衛局宛ての取り消しの通知文を郵送した。防衛局には２７日に到着する。県側は作業の実施前に事前協議を求めている。
防衛局は本格的な工事は年明けに再開し、海底掘削（ボーリング）調査や汚濁防止膜設置に伴うコンクリートブロックの海中投入も行う。当面は護岸設置に向けた作業を目指す。
２６日は米軍キャンプ・シュワブの工事用ゲート前で午前８時半ごろから市民ら約３０人が新基地建設に抗議の声を上げた。陸上部の工事用生コンを搭載したとみられるミキサー車２６台と作業員の車両３台が入った。市民らは「ミキサー車は新基地建設とは直接関係しないと県も確認している」として搬入阻止はしなかった。県の担当課長も車両搬入を現場で確認した。
２０日の最高裁判決は、辺野古埋め立て計画の合理性、防衛局による環境保全措置などには特段不合理な点はないとした上で、翁長知事による承認取り消しは違法と判断した。翁長知事は承認取り消し判断を巡る確定判決には従うと表明していた。
翁長知事は今後も、あらゆる手段で辺野古新基地建設を阻止する考えに変わりないことを強調している。政府が年明けにも普天間飛行場の辺野古移設工事を本格化させる中で、知事側が工事阻止へどのような一手を講じるかが焦点となる。
Japan gov't resumes construction for relocation of U.S. air base
December 27, 2016 (Mainichi Japan)NAHA, (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government resumed construction work Tuesday at the planned relocation site for a key U.S. air base in Okinawa Prefecture after suspending the work in March, as Gov. Takeshi Onaga vowed to continue his fight to stop the plan.
The resumption came after Onaga rescinded Monday his previous action aimed at blocking the relocation work, following his recent defeat in a lawsuit filed by the central government over the plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma within the island prefecture.
But tension remains between Tokyo and Okinawa. Onaga's call for consultation prior to the resumption of the work was rejected by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga when they met in Tokyo on Tuesday morning.
Onaga told reporters later in the day that the anger and grief of the people of Okinawa over the issue are "huge," criticizing the central government for restarting the work without holding the consultation he had requested.
"I will continue to do my utmost to prevent the construction of a new base in Henoko (in the city of Nago)," Onaga said, referring to the name of the coastal area where the Futenma base, now situated in a crowded residential area of Ginowan, is planned to be relocated.
After decades of hosting the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan, many people in Okinawa are frustrated with noise, crime and accidents linked to the U.S. bases and want the Futenma base to be relocated outside the prefecture. Safety concerns were recently reignited by the crash landing of a U.S. Marines Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft off Nago on Dec. 13.
The Okinawa government is also concerned about potential environmental damage. The sea off Henoko, where a V-shaped runway will be constructed through land reclamation to accommodate an air base, has coral reefs and is a habitat of the endangered dugong.
The central government has maintained that the current relocation plan, crafted under an accord with the United States, is "the only solution" for removing the dangers posed by the Futenma base which is situated close to schools and homes, without undermining the perceived deterrence provided by the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Onaga's predecessor, Hirokazu Nakaima, in 2013 approved the central government's request for landfill work in Nago. But Onaga, who was elected in 2014 on a pledge to oppose the relocation plan, revoked the approval in October 2015.
A legal fight between the central and local governments began following Onaga's revocation and it ended last week with the Supreme Court ruling against the governor's position.
Although Onaga rescinded his revocation, he may resort to other means to hamper the project, such as by refusing to give permission for moving coral reefs in the land reclamation area.
Suga, the top government spokesman, said at a press conference that he told Onaga during their talks Tuesday that the central government will proceed with the landfill work in line with the finalized court ruling, saying that Japan is "a country ruled by law."
About 250 people gathered near the construction site in Henoko to protest against the relocation.
"If we remain silent, it means we are accepting the plan. We will continue to voice our anger," Okinawa resident Tsugiyoshi Inafuku, 63, said as he joined the protest activities.
(Mainichi Japan)
