美國希望日本盡快就機場作出決定

名護市長反對美軍機場遷入
(明報)2010年2月18日 星期四 16:20
日本 名護市長稻嶺進今日上午與首相鳩山由紀夫舉行會談，表示反對駐日美軍普天間機場遷入。

鳩山由紀夫在官邸會見了沖繩縣名護市長稻嶺進，雙方就駐日美軍沖繩普天間機場的搬遷問題進行了會談。稻嶺指出，自己1月參選市長時就承諾反對機場遷入名護市並因此當選，要求鳩山放棄遷入計劃。鳩山則回應稱：「將把市長選舉的結果作為民意慎重對待，（中央政府）正在討論減輕當地負擔的問題。」

稻嶺向鳩山表示：「我向市民承諾不讓在海上或陸地建造（機場），因此當選為市長。希望首相能認真看待民意。」

稻嶺昨日抵達東京 ，接連在東京都內與政府和執政黨幹部舉行會談。他稱，已經向外相岡田克也、防衛相北澤俊美表示「希望不要再增加更重的負擔」。 鑑於聯合執政的國民新黨代表龜井靜香正在考慮把機場遷入位於名護市的美軍施瓦布軍營內陸的方案，稻嶺稱已向龜井指出「不可能接受在陸地建機場的方案」。

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美國希望日本盡快就機場作出決定
US wants Japan's quick decision over airfield
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:39:34 GMT

US Senator Jim Webb
美國參議員韋布

The United States is stepping up pressure on Tokyo to come to a quick conclusion over the relocation of US troops in Japan.
美國正在對東京加強壓力，盡速就重置在日本的美軍結案。
Visiting US Senator Jim Webb said on Monday that a solution needed to be found quickly.

In 2006, Washington and Tokyo agreed to relocate US troops stationed at Futenma Marine airfield from the larger city of Ginowan in Okinawa to the smaller town of Nago.
2006年華盛頓和東京同意搬遷駐紮在普天間機場的美軍，從沖繩的海洋大市宜野灣至小城鎮名護。
However, the new Japanese government that took office last September announced that it would decide on the deal by May.
然而，日本的新政府在去年9月上台後宣布，它會在5月前決定議案。
Webb, a member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, said the main purpose of his visit was to listen to the views of the Japanese government.

"There could be a number of practical options," Webb said. "I don't want to outline those options today because I don't want to cut short the discussions that we're going to have."

Although the US senator called for a solution which considers the "well-being of the citizens," he insisted that the disputed US base remain in Okinawa. This is while Okinawans firmly demand the base be removed from the island.

Accidents and crimes committed by US service personnel in close proximity to residential areas have turned the local population of Okinawa against the presence of the US forces there.

The rape of a schoolgirl by three US servicemen infuriated the island's residents and demands that the base be closed on safety grounds rose when a US helicopter crashed on the campus of a local university in 2004.

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