Hirano says gov't could take legal step to settle U.S. base issue

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office on Jan. 26, 2010. He indicated that the government could resort to legal action to settle the issue of where to move a U.S. Marines base in Okinawa if it could not secure consent from the local government that has jurisdiction over a relocation site.

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