Nago mayor agrees city will host U.S. heliport

Nago mayor agrees city will host U.S. heliport

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto tells reporters at a citizens' hall Dec. 27 that he will accept a plan to relocate a U.S. military heliport to his city in northern Okinawa Prefecture, three years and eight months after Japan and the United States agreed on the transfer. It was the first time the head of a municipality in Okinawa, a prefecture with a heavy U.S. military presence, allowed construction of a new U.S. military facility since the prefecture was returned to Japan by the U.S. in 1972.

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