New Okinawa minister defends budget policy as U.S. base battle drags on

New Okinawa minister defends budget policy as U.S. base battle drags on

Tetsuma Esaki, Japan's new minister in charge of Okinawa issues, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017, after his appointment in a Cabinet reshuffle. Esaki defended the idea that funding from the national budget for the island prefecture's development should be linked to the fate of a key U.S. air base at the center of an ongoing legal fight between the central and prefectural governments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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