U.S. agrees to return part of airspace near Haneda airport to Japan

U.S. agrees to return part of airspace near Haneda airport to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the civil aviation subcommittee of the Japan-U.S. Joint Committee hold a meeting at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Oct. 27. The United States agreed to return to Japan around 40 percent of the airspace adjacent to Tokyo's Haneda airport that has been under the control of the U.S. Air Force's Yokota base in suburban Tokyo.

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