A special investigative committee of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly met last week and early this week to determine why Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima reversed his campaign pledge to get U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma moved outside Okinawa.

But the hearings created more questions than answers, and it was learned that none of the written records sought by the assembly to clarify the decision-making process was kept.

Nakaima reversed his earlier position and agreed late last year to approve a landfill application needed to move the contentious base to Nago's Henoko district.