The U.S. Forces in Japan relocates to training Kagoshima Mage Island conducts environmental survey on January 21, 11:46 am
The Ministry of Defense has begun an environmental survey on May 21 in Kamoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, where the U.S. Forces in Japan is relocating aircraft carrier-based aircraft training.
Mage Island is an eight-square-kilometer island about 12 kilometers west of Tanegashima in Kagoshima Prefecture. And negotiated with a developer that owns the majority of the island, and has reached a certain agreement to buy it for around $ 16 billion.
The Ministry of Defense has begun an environmental survey on Mage Island for the purpose of building facilities from the 21st, and about 20 people, including employees, have entered the island.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the plan is to investigate the growth of flora and fauna on the island this time. We are planning a survey.
A Ministry of Defense official said that we would like to confirm the current state of Mage Island in this environmental survey.
On May 16, Shunsuke Yaita, a local mayor of Nishinoomote City, visited the Ministry of Defense to submit a questionnaire on the basis for calculating land prices. I do not tell.