Big majority says 'no' to U.S. relocation in Iwakuni plebiscite

Big majority says 'no' to U.S. relocation in Iwakuni plebiscite

IWAKUNI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, holds a press conference at the city office on March 12 after an overwhelming majority of citizens voted ''no'' in a referendum on a government plan to relocate U.S. naval aircraft to a local U.S. base.

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