Japan governor OKs survey near proposed site for U.S. military drills

A local governor in southwestern Japan said Friday he will permit a marine boring survey around an uninhabited island that has been chosen as a site for relocating a U.S. military takeoff and landing training site under a long-stalled plan.Kagoshima Gov. Koichi Shiota announced at a local assembly meeting that he will accept a Defense Ministry request to start the survey in waters surrounding the 8-square-kilometer Mage Island, which is located about 12 km west of Kagoshima's Tanegashima Island.The decision marks the first step in realizing the relocation of the training site for carrier-bo…READ FULL ARTICLE