変わらぬ「基地の島」問う　復帰５０年を前に平和行進―沖縄

　沖縄の本土復帰から１５日で５０年となるのを前に、復帰後も多くの米軍基地が残された現状を訴える「５・１５平和行進」が１４日行われた。雨天にもかかわらず１０００人（主催者発表）が参加し、基地が集中する沖縄本島中部を歩いた。
　レインコートを着た参加者は、午前９時に宜野湾市民会館を出発。名護市辺野古への移設が計画される普天間飛行場（宜野湾市）や、在沖米軍司令部があるキャンプ瑞慶覧（北中城村など）の周辺から沖縄市に入った。
　１９７０年に住民が米国支配への怒りを爆発させた「コザ暴動」の現場も通過。約３時間かけて嘉手納飛行場近くまでの約８．７キロを行進した。（2022/05/14-13:05）

A peace march was held in Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday, a day before the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan from post-World War II U.S. occupation, with participants calling attention to the fact that Okinawa still hosts the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan.
   Amid rainy weather, those taking part in the "5.15 peace march" walked through areas in the central part of Okinawa's main island, where U.S. military bases are concentrated. According to the organizers, about 1,000 people joined the event.
   The participants started the march at a civic center in the city of Ginowan at 9 a.m. (midnight Friday GMT).
   The marchers passed near the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Ginowan and the Marine Corps' Camp Foster, also known as Camp Zukeran, which straddles municipalities including the village of Kitanakagusuku. The Futenma base is planned to be relocated to the Henoko coastal district in the city of Nago, also in the southernmost Japan prefecture. Camp Foster hosts the U.S. military command in Okinawa.
   The participants then entered the city of Okinawa and passed by the site of the Koza riot, in which local residents revolted against U.S. occupation in the city of Koza, now the city of Okinawa, in 1970. The 8.7-kilometer march ended around noon at a location near the Kadena air base.