OSAKA: The mayors of 26 towns and villages hosting US bases in Okinawa plan formally presented new demands on Thursday calling for Tokyo to reduce the prefecture’s burden in supporting American military personnel and fundamentally revise the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement.

The move comes as Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine is in Hawaii, attending the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress.

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