According to Kyodo news report, the Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, 11, emphasized the necessity of an early settlement of the relocation of the Futenma Air Station in Okinawa issues, and expressed his base to stay long in the local concerns.
According to reports, on the 11th morning, Yukio Hatoyama told reporters at his official residence, said: “felt the best hope for what the United States would remain unchanged. However, taking into account the risk of long-term local residents and noise problems, we can not come to this Conclusions. “Hatoyama was concerned that the issue has long been solved, will lead to a base has remained in the ground, therefore stressed the need for an early realization of the relocation.
In the afternoon, Hatoyama Yukio Okamoto and foreign affairs critic, an exchange of views on the matter. Okamoto In the former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto as prime minister during the administration assistant participated in the Futenma relocation issue. Okamoto told reporters after the talks, Okinawa’s demand that the U.S. move to counties outside the airport, growing louder and louder, the U.S. government is required to perform the two countries had reached agreement to relocate the airport in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. At present, Hatoyama are looking for a possible compromise between the two programs.
Hatoyama made the statement in the former, Japan’s defense phase Kitazawa pretty at the press conference on Government policy on the Futenma issue, saying “the decision should be effective during the year, direction and make decisions.” He also said that the cabinet would the Japan-US agreement as the basis for all, and then tell the U.S. what kind of changes were made on the relocation program, “the Prime Minister being on these considerations, will probably put forward proposals in the near future.”
In addition, Okinawa and Northern play a similar Seiji Maehara said that the current study does not consider part of the U.S. military flight training, transfer to Kansai International Airport program.
