Mayor of Kure Announces Acceptance of Complex Defense Base on Former Nippon Steel Site; Will Request Early Construction From National Government: Asahi Shimbun

Mayor Yoshiaki Niihara formally expressed his intention to accept the Ministry of Defense's plan to develop a "multifunctional complex defense base" on the former site of the Nippon Steel Setouchi Steelworks Kure District (Nippon Steel Kure) in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, at a city council meeting on the 16th. The expansion of employment and exchange population...