TOKYO, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's visit to Okinawa did little to soothe tensions over the relocation of a U.S. military base, officials said.
In a meeting between Naoto and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, Naoto said it would be a "better" option, if not the best, for the prefecture to accept the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, The Yomirui Shimbun reported.