Okinawa formally picks site for Ishigaki airport

Okinawa formally picks site for Ishigaki airport

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (C) on April 26 announces that the Okinawa prefectural government has decided to pick a hilly area around Mt. Karadake in the eastern part of environmentally rich Ishigakijima Island as the site for a controversial new airport, endorsing a proposal made by an advisory panel earlier this month.

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