Defense Ministry report backs gov't plan for U.S. base

Defense Ministry report backs gov't plan for U.S. base

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in Naha on April 1 after the Defense Ministry's regional bureau submitted a preliminary environmental assessment report to the prefectural government. The report endorses the central government's plan to build a U.S. military airfield in the coastal area of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture. (Kyodo)

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