Gov't proposes eight of construction plans for heliport

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, minister in charge of Northern and Okinawa affairs, addresses a meeting of a government panel charged with discussing the planned construction of a new airport in northern Okinawa to take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture. Seated to his left is Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and to his right is Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani.

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