Japanese city rejects to host US military base

[The Northerner]

Relocation of US troops from Futenma Marine airfield in Okinawa's Ginowan to the smaller town of Nago faces opposition by the Nago assembly.

The assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution of protest against the ruling coalition's People's New Party (PNP).

The PNP plans to present an alternative to a 2006 US-Japan deal to relocate Futenma from the crowded city of Ginowan on Okinawa to the coastal area of Nago.

The PNP program "will result in only moving the noise and dangers of Futemma to Nago," according to the assembly's resolution.

It "will destroy the living and educational environments (for local residents) and is simply impermissible," it added.

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[jody]

1. The US should leave Okinawa. I also wish the US had not given Okinawa to Japan. Okinawans are a

proud people with an ancient heritage.