Japan's Saga Pref. OKs Osprey deployment, gov't to pay 10 bil. yen

The Saga Prefecture governor on Friday approved the deployment of Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft in the southwestern prefecture, after the central government agreed to pay it 10 billion yen ($90 million) over 20 years.Saga Gov. Yoshinori Yamaguchi said he clinched an agreement with visiting Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera to pay the sum as landing fees at Saga airport, and will use part of the money to support local fishermen concerned about the impact of the aircraft noise on their industry."We are basically cooperative with the national defense policy and we need to take some part…READ FULL ARTICLE