Maehara inspects U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station

Maehara inspects U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station

GINOWAN, Japan - Land minister Seiji Maehara (R front), who is also state minister in charge of Okinawa, ends his inspection of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station (in background) in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 3, 2009. Maehara said the new Japanese government will move forward with a plan to review the planned relocation of the air station.

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