Okinawa Governor to Visit U.S. from Sun

November 6, 2018

<br /><br /> Naha, Okinawa Pref.--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki will visit the United States for six days from Sunday, the prefectural government said Monday. <br /><br /> Tamaki plans to give a lecture in New York. Meetings with U.S. government officials and lawmakers in Washington are being arranged. <br /><br /> In a statement on the trip, Tamaki said he will explain that he won the gubernatorial election last month by pledging not to allow the construction of a new military facility in the Henoko coastal district in Nago, Okinawa, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan, another city in the southernmost prefecture. <br /><br /> He will also set out the burden on Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military bases in Japan, according to the statement. <br /><br /> "I want to call for understanding and cooperation through dialogue toward the resolution of the issue of U.S. bases in Okinawa," he said. <strong>Jiji Press</strong>