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US to return Okinawa air base area to Japan
Source: BBC
5 April 2013 Last updated at 12:55 GMT
US to return Okinawa air base area to Japan
Japan and the US have agreed plans to return land near the Kadena US air base on Okinawa to Japan.
The move will see many US troops relocated outside of Japan.
Japan also announced a revised timetable for relocating the controversial Futenma US air base. Original plans to relocate by 2014 were stalled by local opposition.
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Additional locations will also be returned once replacement facilities are constructed and large contingents of US Marine Corps relocate outside of Japan to Guam and Hawaii, according to a statement from the US military.
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US to return Okinawa air base area to Japan
Japan and the US have agreed plans to return land near the Kadena US air base on Okinawa to Japan.
The move will see many US troops relocated outside of Japan.
Japan also announced a revised timetable for relocating the controversial Futenma US air base. Original plans to relocate by 2014 were stalled by local opposition.
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Additional locations will also be returned once replacement facilities are constructed and large contingents of US Marine Corps relocate outside of Japan to Guam and Hawaii, according to a statement from the US military.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22039186
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