Okinawa 'no' 投票(する) won't 延期する US base move: Japan PM

The new coastal site of the Futenma military base in Okinawa is being built partly through land reclamation

The new 沿岸の 場所/位置 of the Futenma 軍の base in Okinawa is 存在 built partly through land reclamation

Japan's 総理大臣 Shinzo Abe said Monday that the 議論の的になる 移転 of a US 軍の base in Okinawa will not be 延期するd にもかかわらず a 国民投票 that saw 投票者s 拒絶する the move.

"It has been 20 years since Japan and the US agreed" to relocate the Futenma base, Abe said. "We cannot 延期する this any その上の."

His comments (機の)カム after 投票者s in Okinawa 拒絶するd the 移転 計画(する) in a 非,不,無-binding 国民投票 over the 週末.

Some 72 パーセント 投票(する)d against the move, with 19 パーセント in favour in a 投票(する) that drew 52 パーセント of 適格の 投票者s, 公式の/役人s said.

Abe said he 受託するd the 結果 "心から" and would 捜し出す "understanding" from Okinawa 居住(者)s on his 決定/判定勝ち(する) to move 今後 with the 移転.

"We have spent many years 持つ/拘留するing 対話 with people in the 県. We will continue our 対話 so that we can 伸び(る) their understanding," Abe said.

"減ずるing the 重荷(を負わせる) of Okinawa is a major 責任/義務 for the central 政府... we will continue our 最大の 成果/努力s に向かって a r eduction of the 重荷(を負わせる) 関係のある to hosting bases."

Okinawa accounts for いっそう少なく than one パーセント of Japan's total land area, but it reluctantly hosts more than half of the だいたい 47,000 American 軍の 職員/兵員.

The 激しい US 軍の presence has 失望させるd 地元の 居住(者)s with problems 範囲ing from noise and 軍の 事故s to 罪,犯罪 伴う/関わるing base 居住(者)s.

To 緩和する 緊張s, the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs and Japan agreed in 1996 to move Futenma from its 現在の ひどく 居住させるd 場所 to a remote 沿岸の 場所/位置 存在 built partly through land reclamation.

対抗者s of the move want to see the base relocated outside of Okinawa, arguing 責任/義務 for hosting US 軍隊/機動隊s should be more 平等に spread across Japan.

Okinawa 居住(者)s have elected 知事s …に反対するd to the move, 含むing 現職の Denny Tamaki, who (機の)カム into office last year.

But Abe's 政府 has shown no 調印する of 乗り気 to 再考する.

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