Thousands of US Marines could leave Japan's Okinawa island before a controversial American base is closed, Washington and Tokyo announced Wednesday, in the latest twist in a long-running saga.
A CH-46E helicopter takes off from the US Marine airbase in Okinawa. Thousands of US Marines could leave Japan's Okinawa island before a controversial American base is closed, Washington and Tokyo announced Wednesday, in the latest twist in a long-running saga.
In a densely-worded joint statement, the two sides said they were talking about "delinking" the redeployment of 8,000 Marines from a 2006 agreement to close the base in the crowded urban area of Futenma.
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