U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on the Dec. 27 approved landfill work to relocate the base to an area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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