Okinawa residents rally against U.S. base relocation

Susumu Inamine, mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, makes a speech at a public gathering to oppose the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from a densely populated area to a coastal area within the island prefecture. Many of them want the base moved outside Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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