Vow to 'fully execute' leaves Tokyo in Futenma dilemma

At first glance, the government appears to have succeeded in persuading the United States to relocate the operations of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to its proposed site in Camp Schwab further north in Nago.</PARAGRAPH> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='200' ALIGN='RIGHT' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='News photo' BORDER='0' SRC='/images/photos2005/nn20051028a6a.jpg' WIDTH='200' HEIGHT='124'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Masanori Nishi –

, head of the Naha Defense Facilities Administration Bureau, sits with Okinawan Gov. Keiichi Inamine at the start of their meeting to discuss the new plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

But Tokyo may have backed itself into a corner by promising Washington that the agreement will be "fully executed," because it is unclear whether the central government will be able to get consent for the deal from the Okinawa Prefectural Government.