Okinawa governor presses for review of Osprey deployment

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2013, after meeting with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. Nakaima handed a petition to Kishida calling for reconsideration of the deployment of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at a U.S. Marine Corps base as well as the early resolution of other issues related to U.S. military bases in the prefecture.

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