Gov't suspends work on relocating U.S. base within Okinawa

Gov't suspends work on relocating U.S. base within Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane in March 2015 shows waters off the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where the Japanese government plans to build a replacement facility for the Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in the same prefecture. The Japanese government suspended work on Aug. 10, 2015, on the planned relocation of the U.S. military base for a month as part of efforts to defuse tensions with local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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