TOKYO —
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Monday that considering moving the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station outside Okinawa Prefecture might further stall current negotiations over the base relocation, despite a renewed call by the Okinawa prefectural government to move it beyond the southwestern island prefecture.
“The people of Okinawa have been saying they want the base out of the prefecture or out of the country…but if we look at ways other than the current plan, (the relocation plan) could return to a state in which (the relocation site) will once again be undecided,” the premier told Okinawa Gov Hirokazu Nakaima during their talks at the prime minister’s office, which was open to the media at the outset.
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