TOKYO — The Japanese government on Thursday gave the green light to a revised plan for a key U.S. base relocation within Okinawa prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the prefectural government’s objection, local media reported.
The Defense Ministry will start to work to reinforce soft ground at the relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air base as early as Jan. 12, Kyodo News rep