Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi attended a ceremony to commemorate the opening of the former residential area of a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture to the public for use as a green space, and expressed the government's intention to do everything in its power to reduce the burden on the base. I emphasized.
The site of the former residential area at Camp Zukeran, a US military base that straddles Okinawa City and Kitanakagusuku Village, is scheduled to be returned from next year onwards, but before that, it will be opened to the public as a green space on the 31st, and on the 30th. A commemorative ceremony was held.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi attended from the government and said, ``This is the first attempt to open the site prior to its return so that many people can use it as a place for recreation and interaction. In addition, it will create space and time that will contribute to considering the use of the former site, and is one of the tangible results of reducing the burden on the base."
He added, ``The government has positioned reducing the burden on bases as one of its most important issues.We will continue to do our best to reduce the burden.''
Afterwards, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi toured the plaza together with local government officials and received an explanation on how to use it from a representative from the Okinawa Defense Bureau.