Governor willing to accept Osprey deployment at Saga airport

Governor willing to accept Osprey deployment at Saga airport

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa attends a press conference at the Saga prefectural government offices on Nov. 17, 2014. Furukawa said the Japanese government's plan to station the controversial Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Saga airport in his southwestern Japan prefecture poses no problem for the local commercial airstrip.

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