Japan and the United States agreed Thursday to have two Japanese air-traffic controllers spend a month at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture from mid-October to undergo training, the Transport Ministry said.
During the training, to start Oct. 16, the Japanese will observe air-traffic control operations at the central Okinawan base but will not take part in operations.
The agreement follows an earlier accord made under the Japan-U.S. Joint Committee on the Status of Forces Agreement in June, which was in line with a U.S. decision in March to return control of the radar system at the Kadena base to Japan, the ministry said.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.