Okinawa people urge gov't to confer from unified position over Futemma

TOKYO, Japan - Mayor Yoichi Iha (L) of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture speaks during a news conference while Mayor Takeshi Onaga (R) of Naha, the capital of the prefecture, listens after they urged the central government to negotiate with the United States from a unified position over where a U.S. military airfield in the prefecture should be relocated.

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