Okinawa payoff
Recently a judge in Okinawa, Japan awarded a group of flim-flam
artist over $6 million (¥754 million) in compensation because of the aircraft
noise from the Futenma airbase. Futenma
is a U.S. Marine base. It has been a
U.S. Marine airbase since 1945 with the surrounding area being unoccupied.
Over the past seventy years Okinawans started building homes
around the airbase vastly increasing the population density. How is it people move near an airport and not
expect to hear the roar of aircraft engines?
Very simple: Anti-American,
Chinese Communist inspired, anti-Tokyo, or just plain slip-and-fall
artists.
The law suit was filed against the central government in
Tokyo. This is the second such law suit,
the first filed in 2002 and in 2010 paid near $3 million (¥369 million).
Theory:
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Move next to an airport and complain about
aircraft noise.
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Move into a beach house and complain about the
noise from the waives hitting the beach.
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Move next to an Interstate highway and complain
about the noise from passing trucks.
Related article:
China claims Okinawa related articles:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/08/national/china-questions-okinawa-ownership/#.UYvsIuYo5wF
Video about China’s claim to Okinawa:
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