U.S. - Japanese Agreement On U.S. Base In Okinawa?

Japan Moves To Settle Dispute With U.S. Over Okinawa Base Relocation -- Washington Post

The Japanese government indicated Friday that it would broadly accept a plan to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps base on Okinawa, a move that could ease months of discord between the two allies, U.S. and Japanese officials said.

Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada presented U.S. Ambassador John V. Roos with a proposal to settle the dispute, telling him that Japan was moving toward accepting significant parts of a 2006 deal to move the Futenma air station from the center of a city of 92,000 to a less populated part of Okinawa, the sources said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

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My Comment: With China being openly aggressive in the region, this U.S.-Japanese agreement is not a surprise.

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