Kyodo News
Feb 15, 2008
TOKYO — Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba told new Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda on Thursday that the government plans to lift its freeze on a subsidy to the city in Yamaguchi Prefecture now that a new mayor who basically supports the plan to relocate U.S. military aircraft there has been elected, Fukuda said.
During their meeting, Ishiba said, "The government will make all-out efforts to deal with the matter," referring to the plan to disburse a 3.5 billion yen subsidy for fiscal 2007 through March 31 to the city to help construct a city hall building, according to Fukuda.
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