IBTimes: Japan To Halt US Okinawa Base Relocation Work But Government Says Plan Intact
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Friday to temporarily suspend work on the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base on Japan’s southern Okinawa island, reportedly saying he wants to end the dispute with the island’s government and residents, who want the base moved off the island. The government in Tokyo wants to move the airbase to another, less populated location on the island.
The base is currently at Futenma, a densely populated urban area, and Tokyo was working on reclaiming land offshore Camp Schwab — another U.S. base on Okinawa, in Henoko — where it would eventually relocate the airbase.
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WNU Editor: It looks like this decision was made based on politics .... Summer polls linked to Okinawa base truce (Japan Times). More here .... Shinzo Abe and Okinawa’s Governor to Resume Talks on U.S. Base (NYT).
More News On Japan Halting U.S. Base Construction On Okinawa
Japan PM Suspends Work on US Base on Okinawa, Agrees to Talk -- AP
Japan to suspend work on relocating U.S. base in Okinawa -- Reuters
Japan PM Abe halts US base construction in Okinawa for now -- AFP
Japan halts US Okinawa base expansion -- BBC
Japanese Prime Minister Agrees to Suspend Okinawa Base Move -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes
Japan PM suspends work on U.S. base on Okinawa -- USA Today
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