Okinawa gov. seeks 3-way talks with Tokyo, U.S. on base transfer plan

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki met on Friday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and called for the launch of trilateral talks involving Washington to review a plan to transfer a key U.S. military base within the prefecture after a referendum showed strong local opposition to the plan.Tamaki told reporters after the meeting in Tokyo that the prime minister did not directly respond to the request but that Abe said he intends to continue talks with him.The request comes after a nonbinding referendum in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday showed that more than 70 percent of voters rejected the plan to move U.S…READ FULL ARTICLE