Japanese politician opposes US military base in Okinawa

A Japanese mayor opposed to a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa has staked his re-election run on moving the base. And while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has agreed with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis to move the base to a different site, base opponents are not happy. Critics oppose the plan to move Air Station Futenma to the northern city of Nago and instead want the base moved off of Okinawa entirely.

A Japanese mayor opposed to a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa has staked his re-election run on moving the base. And while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has agreed with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis to move the base to a different site, base opponents are not happy. Critics oppose the plan to move Air Station Futenma to the northern city of Nago and instead want the base moved off of Okinawa entirely.