Okinawa Approves New Marine Air Station On Unstable Volcanic Island
NAHA, Okinawa Prefecture — Hailed as yet another landmark consular victory between the United States and Japan, Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima signed legislation today moving Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma to an unnamed and still-forming island 800 miles east of Okinawa.
Nakaima in 2013 broke a seven-year impasse between the two nations by signing a bill…
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