Peace study group holds meeting on relocation of Futenma base

The Peace Studies Association of Japan convenes an urgent meeting in Tokyo on May 11, 2015, on the issue of relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to the Henoko district within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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