U.S. agrees with Japan to return Okinawa air control on March 31

U.S. agrees with Japan to return Okinawa air control on March 31

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks about a Japan-U.S. agreement on air traffic control rights around the main Okinawa island at a news conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2010. Maehara said the United States agreed to return to Japan on March 31 the rights that have long been controlled by U.S. forces in Japan.

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