Medical facilities eyed on Okinawa land returned from U.S.

Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima gives a press conference at the city hall in Okinawa Prefecture on July 24, 2015. The city has compiled a plan to use the West Futenma Housing area of U.S. Camp Zukeran, returned by the United States in March, to build medical facilities and a park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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