U.S. seeking long runway in Okinawa (Daily Yomiuri Online)

The U.S. government has requested the Japanese government secure a runway more than 2,500 meters long for large military transport aircraft in Okinawa Prefecture if U.S. Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, is returned to Japan under a 1996 bilateral agreement, government sources said Sunday.

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Posted May 01, 2005

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