Although the heads of local governments around the Air Self-Defense Force Tsuiki Air Base in Fukuoka Prefecture have withdrawn their objections to the facility hosting U.S. fighter drills in line with a May Japan-U.S. accord, citizens are strongly opposed and vow to take action.
The heads of the city of Yukuhashi and the towns of Miyako and Chikujo agreed to go along with the plans outlined in the May Japan-U.S. accord on military realignment, but want the state to compensate their communities in return for their support.
"We want compensation equal to that for a nuclear power plant," Chikujo Mayor Hisami Arakawa said.