People hold placards against the decision from the top court outside Japan's top court building in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 20, 2016. Japan's top court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling in favor of the central government's plan to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps air base within the island prefecture of Okinawa, despite local people's demands that the U.S. base be relocated outside the prefecture. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
