Okinawa calls for Osprey deployment to other areas of Japan

Okinawa calls for Osprey deployment to other areas of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (R) bows to Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2012. Nakaima called on the central government to make more efforts to transfer the U.S. Marine Corps' Osprey aircraft from a base in the southern prefecture to other parts of Japan.

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