Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Wednesday failed to find common ground on a controversial plan to relocate a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture.
During talks in Tokyo, Tamaki said he reiterated Okinawa's opposition to the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within the prefecture.
But according to the governor, Abe adhered to the government's position on transferring the base from the crowded residential area of Ginowan to the less populated coastal district of Henoko in Nago in line with an agreement with the United States.