普天間、政府は対話を　負担軽減会議の開催要求―沖縄知事

　沖縄県の玉城デニー知事は１６日の記者会見で、米軍普天間飛行場（宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古移設を巡り、政府に対し、知事や関係閣僚らでつくる「普天間飛行場負担軽減推進会議」を開催するよう求めた。「県民の声に真摯（しんし）に耳を傾け、県と対話に応じていただきたい」と述べた。
　同会議は安倍政権下の２０１９年４月を最後に開かれていない。一方、岸田政権は同会議の下に置かれた、官房副長官や副知事らで構成する「作業部会」の開催を調整している。（2024/02/16-14:07）

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki asked the Japanese government for dialogue Friday over the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in the southernmost Japan prefecture.
   At a press conference at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha, Okinawa's capital, Tamaki called on the central government to hold a meeting of a council discussing measures to reduce the prefecture's burden related to the base.
   "We want (the national government) to listen sincerely to the voices of people in Okinawa and hold dialogue with the prefectural government," he said.
   The council, whose members include the Okinawa governor and cabinet ministers concerned, last met in April 2019, when the late Shinzo Abe was in office as prime minister.
   The current administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering holding a meeting of a working group of the council, made up of a deputy chief cabinet secretary, Okinawa's deputy governor and others.