(2)Machimura feels Futemma base relocation must speed up

(2)Machimura feels Futemma base relocation must speed up

NAGO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura inspects a relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station on coral reefs off the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 16. Machimura said later it is necessary to accelerate the relocation of some of the air station's functions in line with a Japan-U.S. agreement.

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