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Japan's Nago assembly opposes Futenma plan in unanimous vote
TOKYO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The Nago city assembly in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture on Monday unanimously voted to support a document that voices opposition to a plan to relocate a U.S. military facility to Camp Schwab as part of ongoing negotiations to modify an agreement signed between Washington and Tokyo in 2006, local media reported.
The U.S. military facility was originally going to be moved to a coastal area on the outskirts of Nago, but that plan has now been shelved by the governing coalition of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), Social Democratic Party (SDP) and People's New Party (PNP). Full story
Japan to come up with alternative plan for U.S. troops by end of March
TOKYO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Prime Miniser Yukio Hatoyama said on Thursday that by the end of March Japan will come up with an alternative plan to one drafted in 2006 by Washington and Tokyo in 2006 that would see the relocation of U.S. troops in Okinawa Prefecture by 2014.
The 2006 Status of Forces Agreement, which media in japan reported on Thursday is set to be modified, would have seen the U. S. Futenma facility moved to Nago in Okinawa. That plan, however, has been opposed by both the people of Okinawa and the coalition government of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Full story
Campbell: U.S.-Japan alliance indispensable despite base row
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-Japan alliance is indispensable for the peace and prosperity of the entire Asia-Pacific region despite the row on Futenma military base, said a senior U.S. diplomat on Wednesday.
"We share Prime Minister Hatoyama's assessment that 'The U.S.-Japan security arrangements continue to be indispensable not only for the defense of Japan alone, but also for the peace and prosperity of the entire Asia-Pacific region,'" said the Assistant Secretary of State for Asia Kurt Campbell while testifying at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Full story
