Government Aims to Speed up Futenma Relocation, Establish Framework for Direct Dialogue with Ginowan city...Okinawa Prefecture Uncomfortable with Moves Going over Its Head

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] In order to reduce the burden on Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture, which is home to the U.S. military's Futenma Air Base, the government will establish a framework for direct dialogue with the mayor and the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary as early as the 17th. The government will directly listen to the local requests without going through the prefecture, which is opposed to the relocation of the base within the prefecture, and t…

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[Tokyo] Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi announced at a press conference on the morning of the 16th that the city of Ginowan will hold its first council meeting on the 17th to discuss preserving the living environment, including noise control measures for the U.S. military's Futenma Air Base, which the city has requested the government to build. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Fumitoshi Sato and directors-general of related ministries an…