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Japan halts US Okinawa base expansion
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35723368Japan halts US Okinawa base expansion
2 hours ago
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe has agreed to suspend construction work required for the relocation of a controversial US military base in Okinawa. Mr Abe said he was accepting a court-mediated settlement reached after a long stand-off between the central government and local authorities.
The government wants to move the US Futenma airbase from its densely populated site to a more remote area. But local officials and residents want the base removed entirely.
Japan has already began land reclamation work off the shore of Camp Schwab, the US base in Henoko, south of Nago city. Mr Abe said he would now be ordering that work to stop, but that the government's plan was still to eventually relocate the base to Henoko.
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