Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa has hinted he may accept a U.S. military realignment plan to transfer the Army's First Corps headquarters to Camp Zama if other U.S. military facilities in the prefecture are returned or reduced.

"As the governor, I hope I can show (the citizens) that the bases in Kanagawa Prefecture have been reduced in total," Matsuzawa said in an interview earlier this week.

The U.S. global military realignment is causing great concern to local governments where bases are located, and consent from host cities is essential to smoothly implementing the plans.