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PM discusses Futenma with Okinawa govenor

The sources added that Hatoyama asked Nakaima about the situation in Okinawa Prefecture concerning the Futenma issue. Nakaima replied that after the change of administration, the expectations of people in Okinawa that the air station may be relocated outside the prefecture or overseas had grown greatly.

The governor then asked the prime minister to do more to ease the heavy burden Okinawa Prefecture shoulders as host of U.S. forces' facilities by removing the danger of the Futenma Air Station as early as possible.