Yomiuri wrote that today marks three years since the Ministry of Defense started pouring earth at the land reclamation site for the construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility at Henoko. The paper wrote that the reclamation work has been gradually proceeding and nearly 30% of it has now been completed. However, due to strong opposition from the Okinawa Prefectural Government, there has been little progress in most of the area where additional work to reinforce the soft seabed is necessary.