[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Munitions found at Okinawa [Japan] dam likely to belong to U.S. forces"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Munitions found at Okinawa dam likely to belong to U.S. forces

By MIKA KUNIYOSHI
Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
February 18, 2022 at 18:04 JST

NAHA--The Okinawa prefectural government stopped drawing water from the Kurashiki dam after officials discovered unexploded ordnances and drums containing projectile shells in the mud there, it announced on Feb. 17.

The spot where the old munitions were discovered is normally submerged when the dam is full. But the water level was low when officials were conducting an inspection of the dam and discovered the ammunition and large metal drums.

According to the prefectural government, the rusting cache likely belongs to the U.S. forces. The U.S. forces’ Kadena Ammunition Storage Area occupies a large swath of the vast forest areas surrounding the dam.

The Okinawa Defense Bureau of the Defense Ministry is investigating whether there was any soil contamination in the areas surrounding the dam, including any substances that might be harmful to humans.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14552293

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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