CORRECTED: Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

CORRECTED: Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2015 shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. Japan and the United States announced on Dec. 4 an agreement on returning part of the area circled ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017, as part of efforts to ease Okinawa's burden of hosting U.S. military installations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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