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The fundamental point of the problem is to remove the danger of the Futenma base, which is surrounded by houses and schools, and is therefore said to be the most dangerous military base in the world, and to return the base site to the Japanese side.

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New Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, saying the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another city in the southernmost Japan prefecture, is the only viable solution.

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If the US military is intending to return Futenma Base, why are they building a massive construction on it?

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Not gonna happen as long as the Chinese are saying remarks like Okinawa is part of China.

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The American Empire is crumbling. Servicing 800 bases around the world is an expensive, onerous task and it eats up a nation's treasury and manpower.

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@ Ego Sum Lux Mundi

"Servicing 800 bases around the world is an expensive, onerous task and it eats up a nation's treasury"

It is particularly onerous for the Japanese as they have to pay for the ones here.

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A changing world at a faster pace than in the past will only be told in time. The relocation itself though is not going to increase the numbers but rather there will be a huge drop which includes the local jobs filled by locals and local contract companies.

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there will be a huge drop which includes the local jobs filled by locals and local contract companies.

Huge? Get off it. Construction will boom for getting rid of those land hogging imperial strongholds. The loss of local jobs will be significant, but quickly made up once all those newly constructed hotels, malls and restaurants open.

the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to the Henoko coastal district in Nago

I got a better idea. Just move the fort to the United States. Sick of my tax yen going to occupation forces even if they are my own countrymen.

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