Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks to reporters at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, after meeting with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture.

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