(1)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

(1)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - The government decides on Dec. 27 at a meeting at the prime minister's official residence to build an airport, which will take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Airport Station in Okinawa, on a reef off Hekono in the city of Nago (file photo). The decision was made by a panel comprised of officials from the national government and local authorities in Okinawa in the meeting.

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