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Is it allowed under a democratic system to ignore the will of the people and go ahead with the reclamation work?

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Okinawan resident Madoka Yamada. She is one of about 200,000 people have signed a petition asking the White House to halt the ongoing landfill work in the Henoko coastal district of Okinawa Prefecture, which is part of a project to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station.

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If he only knew that democracy is an illusion.

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In Japan, where is the will of the people?

Certainly not in the political system which allows one party rule for decades....

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Is it allowed under a democratic system to ignore the will of the people and go ahead with the reclamation work?

No of course not. But Japan is not a democracy

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