Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine asked Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday to review the Japanese-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and reduce the size of U.S. forces based in Okinawa.
At their meeting at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Inamine also asked Koizumi to urge the United States to strengthen discipline so that incidents involving U.S. service members will not recur.
These requests, noted in a letter submitted to Koizumi, were made after a series of recent mishaps, including the Aug. 21 crash of an F-15 fighter plane into the sea while on a training mission 100 km off the main island of Okinawa.