DPJ's partners lodge opposition to Futemma reclamation option

DPJ's partners lodge opposition to Futemma reclamation option

URUMA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (2nd form L), chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, takes a look at waters off the Katsuren Peninsula in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, the prospective candidate site for a planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station, with other members of the committee on March 31, 2010.

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