20/12/26 13:12:28.71 Lgbqz/CzM.net BE:391521896-2BP(1000)
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The only concession Japan was able to obtain regarding the Yokota airspace was related to this year’s Olympic Games.
Government officials wanted to establish a new flight route for commercial aircraft using Haneda Airport during the Olympics. The U.S. military agreed to the route, but for only three hours a day.
A government source said Japan had weakened its proposal because if it had suggested the “return” of even part of the Yokota airspace during the negotiations with Washington, no agreement would likely have been made in time for the Olympics.
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