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Japan wants Okinawa land by year-end: Suga

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Oct. 8 that the government is seeking the return of a portion of a large U.S. military training area in Okinawa Prefec-ture by the end of the year.

"(Japan) wants to negotiate with the United States to achieve the year-end return of the training area," Suga told the chiefs of the villages of Kunigami and Higashi in the prefecture.

The training area straddles the villages, and its return is viewed as a way to show Tokyo is com-mitted to easing Okinawa's base-hosting burden. (Kyodo)

米軍北部訓練場「年内返還で交渉」、菅官房長官

菅義偉官房長官は10月8日、沖縄県内の米軍北部訓練場を抱える国頭村と東村の村長らと会談し、訓練場の一部返還について、年内の実現を目指す考えを示した。

The Japan Times ST: October 21, 2016