According to a report by Japan's Kyodo News Agency, Japan's Okinawa Governor Genta Furuse said on the 16th that he intends to allow the US military “Osprey” transport aircraft to continue to be deployed at Futenma Airport in Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture. According to Kyodo News, this means that the Okinawa prefectural government's long-standing opposition to the deployment of this aircraft has changed. In an interview with the media at the Okinawa Prefectural Office on the same day, Genta Furuse said that the “Osprey” transport aircraft has been deployed locally for more than 10 years. Considering that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are also using this model, it is “unrealistic” to request that the deployment be withdrawn or stopped. The US military began deploying “Osprey” transport aircraft at Futenma Airport in 2012, and the Okinawa prefectural government has always expressed opposition until now. Since then, there have been several accidents with this model. Local people in Okinawa have also long opposed the deployment of this aircraft by the US military due to concerns about flight safety and noise issues.

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