Legal battle over Okinawa base relocation comes to halt

Legal battle over Okinawa base relocation comes to halt

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (L) shakes hands with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 4, 2016, following Abe's announcement earlier in the day that he has decided to suspend landfill work in Okinawa to build a replacement facility for a U.S. air base in the prefecture. Onaga has demanded that the Futenma base be relocated outside Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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