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Mr Abe told reporters that if the central Japanese government and the Okinawan prefectural government were locked in a legal battle, it would become increasingly difficult to move the United States Marine Corps’ Air Station Futenma from the densely populated city of Ginowan to another location on the island. “If such a relation continues, (the dispute) will end up being deadlocked and the situation of the Futenma base — surrounded by homes and schools and situated right in a populated area — will be kept fixed for years,” he said, explaining that he is accepting a court proposal not to force the reclamation work over Okinawa’s objections. The court last month made the proposal as an interim step for further talks. Details of the proposal were not made public. The Prime Minister said his government will proceed with talks with Okinawa “toward an amicable settlement” under the court’s proposal. Okinawa has agreed to accept the proposal, and is expected to drop the lawsuit. The construction work involves filling in part of a bay to create off-coast runways for the planned US airbase. However, Mr Abe stressed that the plan to eventually move the controversial helicopter base to the less densely populated Henoko Bay in the north of the island was unchanged. The relocation is based on a 20-year-old bilateral agreement to reduce the burden of the US military presence on Okinawa, long seen as the cornerstone of the US military presence in Asia. “The relocation to the Henoko area is the sole choice for the restoration of the Futenma base,” he said, adding that it was the “only solution” for Japan to win a full return of the land currently occupied by the American base. Resentment over the US bases in Futenma has been a running sore point in relations between Okinawa and the mainland following incidents such as the rape of a local schoolgirl by US servicemen in 1995 and the crash of a US helicopter in 2004. Opponents of the relocation plan, including Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga, want the base moved off the island entirely, and a prospect for a compromise is still unclear. The central and prefectural governments have been at loggerheads for months, sparking protests from tens of thousands around Japan, and fuelling perceptions of bullying by Mr Abe’s government. The ongoing controversy also poses a headache for Mr Abe, as close US-Japan ties are regarded as crucial given China’s increasing assertiveness in the region and North Korea’s unpredictability. The sudden reversal of the central government’s policy to continue with the reclamation work is seen as a vote-buying attempt ahead of this summer’s parliamentary elections. Mr Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies at Temple University Japan Campus in Tokyo, said that while yesterday’s announcement is unlikely to put the issue completely to rest, Mr Abe has built up sufficient capital with Washington to put the relocation on hold. “The relocation issue is like a Rubik’s Cube without a solution,” said Mr Dujarric. “The issue of Futenma still remains. 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legal battle, it would become increasingly difficult to move the United States Marine Corps’ Air Station Futenma from the densely populated city of Ginowan to another location on the island.</p>  <div class="left "> </div> <p>“If such a relation continues, (the dispute) will end up being deadlocked and the situation of the Futenma base — surrounded by homes and schools and situated right in a populated area — will be kept fixed for years,” he said, explaining that he is accepting a court proposal not to force the reclamation work over Okinawa’s objections. </p><p>The court last month made the proposal as an interim step for further talks. Details of the proposal were not made public.</p><p>The Prime Minister said his government will proceed with talks with Okinawa “toward an amicable settlement” under the court’s proposal. Okinawa has agreed to accept the proposal, and is expected to drop the lawsuit. The construction work involves filling in part of a bay to create off-coast runways for the planned US airbase.</p><p>However, Mr Abe stressed that the plan to eventually move the controversial helicopter base to the less densely populated Henoko Bay in the north of the island was unchanged. The relocation is based on a 20-year-old bilateral agreement to reduce the burden of the US military presence on Okinawa, long seen as the cornerstone of the US military presence in Asia.</p><p>“The relocation to the Henoko area is the sole choice for the restoration of the Futenma base,” he said, adding that it was the “only solution” for Japan to win a full return of the land currently occupied by the American base.</p><p>Resentment over the US bases in Futenma has been a running sore point in relations between Okinawa and the mainland following incidents such as the rape of a local schoolgirl by US servicemen in 1995 and the crash of a US helicopter in 2004. </p><p>Opponents of the relocation plan, including Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga, want the base moved off the island entirely, and a prospect for a compromise is still unclear. </p><p>The central and prefectural governments have been at loggerheads for months, sparking protests from tens of thousands around Japan, and fuelling 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