Okinawans opposed to the U.S. military picket Oct. 8 outside a hotel where the prefecture's governor and ministers from Tokyo met to discuss the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

In a meeting Sept. 18 with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, he argued that “all Okinawan election district candidates want Futenma Air Station to transfer outside of Okinawa ...

Hatoyama and Obama's talks will revolve around relocating the air station, which is in Okinawa Prefecture, to a coastal zone of the Marines' Camp Schwab, also in the prefecture, the news agency said.