Island to be site for U.S. training

Island to be site for U.S. training

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows the uninhabited Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Municipal leaders near the island opposed on May 25, 2011, a Japanese government decision to move aircraft landing practices there, a plan associated with the transfer of the aircraft from the U.S. Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo to Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan by 2014.

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