Hotel to be built at ex-U.S. military site in Okinawa

Hotel to be built at ex-U.S. military site in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Kin Mayor Tsuyoshi Gibu (L) and Tan Chee Sing, chief executive officer of Malaysian developer Dijaya Corp., shake hands in the town in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 22, 2012. The town has reached an agreement with Dijaya to construct a hotel on a former U.S. military training site returned to Japan in 2011.

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