US Marines – Japanese prime minister accepts Marine Corps air base in Okinawa

Washington PostJapanese prime minister accepts Marine Corps air base in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio announced Sunday that his country would abide by a 14-year-old agreement with the United States to move a Marine Corps air base in Okinawa in a significant breakthrough on an issue that has bedeviled the two allies and worried many other Asian countries since he took office eight months ago.