Land ministry suspends Okinawa's move to block U.S. base transfer

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested Tuesday the government will resume landfill work for the transfer of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa after the land minister decided to suspend the prefecture's recent move to block the work."Now that necessary legal procedures have been taken, I think we should respect them," Abe told a Diet session after land minister Keiichi Ishii made the decision earlier in the day in favor of the claim by the Defense Ministry.The ministry has said further delays in the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from a crowded residential are…READ FULL ARTICLE