日米・地元「対話の場」に難色　岸防衛相、沖縄知事と会談

　岸信夫防衛相は２２日、沖縄県の玉城デニー知事と県庁で会談した。在沖米軍基地の負担軽減をめぐり、玉城氏は日米両政府と同県による「対話の場」を新設するよう要請。岸氏は「米国との交渉は政府が代表して行う。すぐにつくることは考えていない」と難色を示した。
　玉城氏はまた、米軍普天間飛行場（同県宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古移設について「工事を中断してほしい」と求めた。これに対し、岸氏は「辺野古移設が唯一の解決策だ。着実に工事を進めることこそが、普天間飛行場の全面返還、危険性除去につながる」と述べた。（2020/10/22-20:03）

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi has shown reluctance to accept a proposal from Okinawa Prefecture for setting up a forum for three-way dialogue with the Japanese and U.S. governments on ways to reduce Okinawa's burden of hosting U.S. bases.
   When Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki made the proposal during his talks with Kishi at the prefectural office in Naha on Thursday, the minister said, "The (central) government will represent the country in negotiations with the United States."
   "We're not thinking of setting up (the proposed forum) anytime soon," he added.
   It was the first time for Kishi to visit the southernmost Japan prefecture since he took office last month.
   Tamaki called on the Japanese government to suspend the construction work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in a densely populated area in the city of Ginowan in Okinawa to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another city in the prefecture.