Okinawa Minister Expresses Discomfort with Peace Education on Protest Ships (Kyodo News)

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Following the accident in which a boat capsized off the coast of Henoko, Nago City, killing two people, including high school students on a training trip, Okinawa Minister Hitoshi Kikawada visited the beach in Henoko, Nago City, overlooking the area where the accident occurred, on the 28th to lay flowers for the victims. According to Kikawada, this was the first time a cabinet minister had visited the accident site.

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On the 28th, Hitoshi Kikawada, Minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, inspected the site of the boat capsizing accident off the coast of Henoko, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture. After the inspection, he told reporters, "I felt a great sense of unease about the peace education conducted on protest boats (against the relocation of U.S. military bases)."

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In March, two protest boats opposing the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to Henoko capsized off the coast of Henoko, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, killing two people, including a female student from Doshisha International High School (Kyoto Prefecture) who was on a peace education program. It feels like it's only a matter of time before the full picture comes to light, but having lived in Okinawa for four years and being…