Three Cabinet ministers reconfirmed Friday their plan to cooperate closely to resolve an air pollution problem at a U.S. military base in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and Defense Agency chief Tsutomu Kawara agreed to "cooperate with various ministries to deal with the problem," government spokesman Aoki said at a news conference.
The U.S. has complained that an industrial waste disposal facility releasing dioxin in the vicinity of the U.S. Naval Air Facility in Atsugi is threatening the health of U.S. Navy personnel and their families.