Okinawa governor asks Japan PM Suga for dialogue on U.S. base transfer

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in a meeting in Tokyo to hold a dialogue to resolve the issue of the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within the southernmost Japanese island prefecture.The central and Okinawa governments have been locked in a political and legal battle over the state's plan to transfer the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, located in a densely populated area in Ginowan, even though landfill work off Nago has already begun.Tamaki said he called for the setting up of a framework for talks after he met Suga for th…READ FULL ARTICLE