The government is considering proposing Japanese students in Okinawa be given allotted places at American schools located in U.S. military bases to improve their English language skills and better prepare them for university, government sources said Friday.Tokyo is hoping the proposed step will improve the relatively high unemployment rate among Okinawa's youth and cool long-running tensions between the central and local governments over the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the island prefecture, the sources said.Foreign Minister Taro Kono will unveil the education plan dur…READ FULL ARTICLE
