Japan sees largest Okinawa land return from U.S. military in decades

Japan sees largest Okinawa land return from U.S. military in decades

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (2nd from R in back) attends a rally in Nago in the prefecture on Dec. 22, 2016, to protest against the resumption of U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey flights after a Dec. 13 crash landing of one of the aircraft off the city. Onaga was absent from a ceremony in the city the same day to celebrate the largest return of land by the U.S. military in Japan's southernmost prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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