Japan's foreign minister, US secretary of state reaffirm US base relocation within Okinawa

Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday reaffirmed their countries' pledge to move forward with a contentious plan to relocate a key US base within Okinawa Prefecture, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said. 
The Kishida-Kerry talks came just days after US President Barack Obama, during his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Washington, voiced concerns about a possible delay to the planned relocation of the US Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma, according to Japan's News Agency (Kyodo). 
The concerns stem from a dispute in Japan over the legality of the relocation. In March, the Japanese and Okinawa prefectural governments accepted a court-mediated settlement to halt work related to the transfer of Futenma and resume talks on the relocation plan.

Source: QNA