Aso fails to win nod from Okinawa officials over base plan

NAHA, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto, mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, responds to reporters' questions at a Naha hotel on Nov. 25 after talks with Foreign Minister Taro Aso over a Japan-U.S. agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station within Okinawa. Aso was unable to win the mayor's support. (Kyodo)

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