(1)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

(1)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - The government decides on Dec. 27 at a meeting at the prime minister's official residence to build an airport, which will take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Airport Station in Okinawa, on a reef off Hekono in the city of Nago (file photo). The decision was made by a panel comprised of officials from the national government and local authorities in Okinawa in the meeting.

(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Urasaki (R), mayor of the village of Ginoza, Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from R), mayor of Nago, and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (3 from R) attend a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 27 to decide a location for an airport to be built to take over the heliport functions the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. The participants decided to build the airport, which will also be used for civilian flights, on a reef off Hekono in Nago.

(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Urasaki (R), mayor of the village of Ginoza, Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from R), mayor of Nago, and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (3 from R) attend a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 27 to decide a location for an airport to be built to take over the heliport functions the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. The participants decided to build the airport, which will also be used for civilian flights, on a reef off Hekono in Nago.

(1)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

(1)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - The government decides on Dec. 27 at a meeting at the prime minister's official residence to build an airport, which will take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Airport Station in Okinawa, on a reef off Hekono in the city of Nago (file photo). The decision was made by a panel comprised of officials from the national government and local authorities in Okinawa in the meeting.