(2)Reclamation slated for Nago airport site

(2)Reclamation slated for Nago airport site

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1999 shows the sea off Nago, northern Okinawa Prefecture, which will become the site of an airport to replace a U.S. Marine Corps' heliport functions in central Okinawa. The central and Okinawa prefectural governments agreed July 29 on a basic plan to reclaim the land from the sea.

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