The US and Japanese governments will jointly use some areas of the U.S. Army Camp Zukeran in Okinawa Prefecture to make necessary maintenance so that they can be used as a green park before the return scheduled for the next fiscal year or later. I agreed.

The "Lower Plaza Residential Area" of the U.S. Army Camp Zukeran, which straddles Okinawa City and Kitanakagusuku Village, covers an area of ​​approximately 23 hectares. ..



On the 19th, the Japanese and US governments held a "Japan-US Joint Committee" consisting of persons in charge of foreign affairs and defense authorities to dismantle old houses and make necessary maintenance so that they can be used as green parks before returning. Agreed to use jointly to do so.



Regarding the "Lower Plaza Residential Area", Prime Minister Kishida agreed with the Japanese and US governments on the 15th of this month to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's return to the mainland, and it will begin to be used as a green park during the next fiscal year before the return. He showed the idea of ​​making necessary preparations so that he could be.