Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets with Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets with Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (L) hands a request to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on March 4, 2016, in Tokyo, seeking an end to operations at U.S. Air Station Futenma in the southernmost island prefecture by February 2019. The state and local governments have been in dispute over the planned relocation of the base within Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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