Okinawa governer opposes US military relocation plan

Okinawa’s governor today told Japan’s central government that he rejects a plan to build a US heliport on the southern island as part of a realignment of the American military presence there.

The heliport plan was struck last week as part of an agreement to close a widely opposed Marine Corps air station in a densely populated part of Okinawa and move its functions to an existing base on the island state.