U.S. sees completion of new base in Okinawa delayed until 2025

U.S. sees completion of new base in Okinawa delayed until 2025

Atsushi Sakima, the mayor of Ginowan, Okinawa, meets with reporters at the municipal offices on Feb. 24, 2016, on reports that the United States expects a two-year delay until 2025 in work to complete a new base for the contentious relocation of a Marine Corps facility from the city. Sakima urged the state and prefectural government to suspend the operations of Air Station Futenma by February 2019 as planned. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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