Friday, February 9, 2007

Gov't not to give realignment subsidies to Nago, Iwakuni

Feb 9 05:08 AM US/Eastern

TOKYO, Feb. 9 (AP) - (Kyodo) — The central government will not give subsidies to the cities of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, and Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, due to their lack of cooperation with the planned realignment of U.S. military bases in Japan, a senior Defense Ministry official said Friday.

The official was referring to subsidies to be given to affected local authorities to promote the implementation of an agreement reached between Tokyo and Washington to realign the U.S. military presence in Japan.