Court rejects efforts to stop Yokosuka dredging

[unhappycamper]

Court rejects efforts to stop Yokosuka dredging
By Hana Kusumoto, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, March 2, 2008

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Legal efforts to stop dredging in the harbor at Yokosuka Naval Base were rejected in Japanese court last week.

Yokohama District Court on Wednesday rejected a claim by nine Yokosuka residents living near the base who are demanding Yokosuka city withdraw its acceptance, as port manager, of the Japanese government’s plan to dredge 600,000 cubic meters of sediment from Piedmont Pier.

Dredging is needed to berth the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which is to replace the conventionally powered USS Kitty Hawk this summer.

Fishermen, peace activists and residents who fish in the port for pleasure claimed that the work could cause environmental deterioration and that having a nuclear-powered carrier at Yokosuka could be dangerous.

City officials testified that the procedure they followed in developing the dredging project complied with the law.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52982

[Hugabear]

1. We have to maintain the US Imperial Navy

You didn't really expect the Japanese courts to side with their own people, did you?