Gov't pledges economic support for Okinawa city accepting U.S. base

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's right-hand man pledged Friday to provide economic support to the southwestern city of Nago in Okinawa, the planned site for a U.S. base relocation."The (central) government will see that the residents' living environment is protected and measures are taken to promote the regional economy," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in a meeting with residents near the planned relocation site on the southernmost prefecture's coastal area.The government has started building seawalls in its work to transfer the functions of the Futenma airfield in Okinawa to the ne…READ FULL ARTICLE