According to a report by Japan's Kyodo News Agency on the 8th, in the case of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan applying to enter the base for investigation due to the detection of organic fluorine compounds around the local US military base, Japan's Ministry of Defense concealed the information that the US side had stated “strongly speculated that the pollution came from the base” when announcing the US response in December last year. According to the report, PFAS has previously been detected in surrounding areas such as the US military Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture and Futenma Airport. In order to identify the source of pollution, Okinawa Prefecture has applied to the US to enter the base 4 times since 2016, but none of them have obtained permission. In December 2025, Japan's Ministry of Defense announced the US response to the outside world, saying that the US side rejected the application on the grounds that “there is a lack of sample survey data clearly indicating that the US military base is the source of pollution.”
Zhitongcaijing·09/08/2026 14:09:09
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According to a report by Japan's Kyodo News Agency on the 8th, in the case of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan applying to enter the base for investigation due to the detection of organic fluorine compounds around the local US military base, Japan's Ministry of Defense concealed the information that the US side had stated “strongly speculated that the pollution came from the base” when announcing the US response in December last year. According to the report, PFAS has previously been detected in surrounding areas such as the US military Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture and Futenma Airport. In order to identify the source of pollution, Okinawa Prefecture has applied to the US to enter the base 4 times since 2016, but none of them have obtained permission. In December 2025, Japan's Ministry of Defense announced the US response to the outside world, saying that the US side rejected the application on the grounds that “there is a lack of sample survey data clearly indicating that the US military base is the source of pollution.”