Friday, November 6, 2009

Kyodo.co.jp | U.S. agrees to mull base-related environment pact with Japan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 2009 (AP)

The United States has agreed to discuss with Japan a possible special bilateral pact that would address environmental pollution or destruction at U.S. military bases in Japan, the governor of Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture said Friday.

The agreement emerged when Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima held separate talks with senior U.S. Defense and State department officials, Matsuzawa told a joint news conference with Nakaima in Washington.