Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, after meeting with Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture.

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks to reporters at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, after meeting with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture.

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) meets with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima (R) at the prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture. Kitazawa told Nakaima that the government is considering various ideas that would involve relocating the functions of Futemma to more than one site.

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) and Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands at the prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, after their meeting to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture.

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, after meeting with Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks to reporters at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, after meeting with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) and Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands at the prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, after their meeting to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

Defense Minister Kitazawa talks with Okinaga Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) meets with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima (R) at the prefectural government office in Naha on March 26, 2010, to discuss relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is currently situated in the prefecture. Kitazawa told Nakaima that the government is considering various ideas that would involve relocating the functions of Futemma to more than one site. (Kyodo)