Nago assembly meets amid base relocation debate

NAGO, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto, mayor of the city of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at the beginning of a city assembly meeting that opened Dec. 7. Earlier in the day, Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine said he hopes Nago's municipal assembly will approve a bill to allow a relocation of the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to Nago's Heneko district. Kishimoto has said he will authorize the relocation if the asssembly passes the bill.

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