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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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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Hercolobus
If he only knew that democracy is an illusion.
kurisupisu
In Japan, where is the will of the people?
Certainly not in the political system which allows one party rule for decades....
Aly Rustom
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