U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

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

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