867 Win $10 Million in Jet Noise Case
From Times Wire Reports
A court in Okinawa ordered the national government to pay more than $10 million to people living near a U.S. air base in compensation for noise from military jets. The Fukuoka High Court in Naha, the island’s capital, awarded the money to 867 residents who live near the Kadena Air Base, a court official said. The ruling came as Okinawa’s governor, in meetings with U.S. officials in Washington, pressed for the removal of all U.S. military forces from the island.
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