Japan assured the United States on March 13 that it will do its utmost to submit legislation regarding new guidelines for bilateral defense cooperation to the current Diet session.
Senior foreign and defense officials from the two governments also reaffirmed that neither Japan nor the U.S. will consider any alternative site for a planned sea-based heliport for the U.S. military facility in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.
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