司令部移転「決まっていない」　中谷防衛相

　中谷元防衛相は１５日の記者会見で、米軍横田基地（東京都福生市など）にある在日米軍司令部の都心部への移転が検討されていると米軍準機関紙「星条旗新聞」が報じたことに対し、「現時点では何ら決まっているものではない」と述べた。（2024/11/15-12:38）

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Friday said that no decision has been made on U.S. Forces Japan's reported command relocation to central Tokyo.
   "Details will be discussed in a Japan-U.S. working group after consideration in the United States," he also told a news conference.
   The U.S. newspaper Stars and Stripes reported on Tuesday that U.S. Forces Japan is considering moving its command from its Yokota base in Tokyo's western suburbs to central Tokyo.
   The relocation would support cooperation with the Self-Defense Forces' joint operations command, to be set up in the Ichigaya district in central Tokyo at the end of fiscal 2024.
   As part of efforts to build a closer relationship with the SDF, U.S. Forces Japan is reorganizing itself including by creating a joint force headquarters with some operational authority.