Reelected Okinawa governor asks for base to be moved

Reelected Okinawa governor asks for base to be moved

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and reelected Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands as they met at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2010. Nakaima asked Kan to work to move the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station outside Okinawa Prefecture.

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