| Thursday, May 17, 2001 (923 words) |
 | CAMP FOSTER — A quiet fishing community halfway between Okinawa and Taiwan was jolted Tuesday by news that a Pentagon-sponsored study recommended the use of its airport by the U.S. military. |
| Shimoji island is connected to Irabu island by a bridge constructed after the airfield was opened in 1979. |
| Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, in the United States this week to lobby for reducing the number of Marines on Okinawa and other military-related issues, said he could not accept any increase in U.S. military operations anywhere in the prefecture. |
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