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April 23, 2024

Anti-U.S. base protesters in canoe are blocked by a Japan Coast Guard speed boat in Nago, Okinawa, southern Japan, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Japanese officials said buoys are being floated off the southernmost island of Okinawa in one of the first steps in the relocation of an American military base.

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Anti-U.S. base protesters in canoe are blocked by a Japan Coast Guard speed boat in Nago, Okinawa, southern Japan, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Japanese officials said buoys are being floated off the southernmost island of Okinawa in one of the first steps in the relocation of an American military base.