Obama hinted at agreeing to move Futemma site offshore: sources

Obama hinted at agreeing to move Futemma site offshore: sources

NAGO, Japan - This file photo taken in October 2009 shows U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab (back) and the coastal area in the city of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture. Under the 2006 U.S.-Japan accord, the heliport functions of a key Marine Corps base in a densely populated city in central Okinawa are to be transferred to the less populated area around Camp Schwab. (Kyodo)

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