• Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks to reporters Wednesday in Tokyo about the government's steps to go ahead with a plan to relocate the U.S. Futenma air base to the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. | KYODO
    Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks to reporters Wednesday in Tokyo about the government's steps to go ahead with a plan to relocate the U.S. Futenma air base to the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. | KYODO

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The central government has requested that the land ministry review and invalidate the Okinawa Prefectural Government decision that forced a suspension on relocation work for the controversial U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

“We still hope to realize an early (base) relocation to the Henoko area and the return of (land occupied by) Futenma Air Station,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Wednesday.

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