Gov't not to OK transfer of Marines from Okinawa to Iwakuni

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii (L front) gives a refusal document to Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo On Feb. 13, 2012. Gemba said that the government will not give the go-ahead for the United States to redeploy some of the U.S. Marines on the Japanese island of Okinawa to a base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in association with Washington's ongoing review of its defense strategy. Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda (2nd from L front) attended the talks.

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