Okinawa hovers at the negotiating table/田中秀征(元経済企画庁長官)財務省の「一人天下」を止められるか if there are viable
alternatives to the current plan, the dpj is not letting anyone in on the
secret. futenma’s helicopters could, for example, be moved to the huge kadena
air force base on okinawa, or to kyushu, one of japan’s main islands. a more
likely outcome is a messy, face-saving compromise followed by further
procrastination.