● U.S. Forces Japan will establish a bilateral and joint operations coordination center at Yokota Air Base to ensure coordination among U.S. forces in Japan and Japan's Self-Defense Forces.
● Capabilities of the U.S. Army Japan's command structure at Camp Zama will be modernized to a deployable, joint task force-capable operational headquarters element. It will provide an additional capability to respond rapidly for the defense of Japan and other contingencies. The establishment of the headquarters of a Ground SDF Central Readiness Force Command, which will operate units for nationwide mobile operations and special tasks, will be pursued at Camp Zama.
● Japan's Air Defense Command and relevant units, now located at Fuchu, will be collocated with the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Air Force at Yokota Air Base.
● Measures to facilitate movement of civilian aircraft through Yokota air space will be explored.
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● The optimum site for deployment in Japan of a new U.S. X-Band radar system will be examined. .
● U.S. Marine forces will be redistributed among Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa.
● The headquarters of III Marine Expeditionary Force will be relocated to Guam and other locations. Remaining Marine units in Okinawa will be realigned and reduced into a Marine Expeditionary Brigade. About 7,000 Marine officers and enlisted personnel, plus dependents, will be transferred out of Okinawa to Guam.
● Both sides discussed the concept of consolidation of Marine Corps units that remain in Okinawa into a smaller total land area, enabling the return of significant land in the densely populated areas south of Kadena Air Force Base.
● The U.S. is willing to implement shared-use of Kadena Air Force Base, Camp Hanse and other U.S. facilities and areas in Okinawa in cooperation with Japan.
● The U.S. will move the carrier jet and E-2C squadrons from Atsugi Air Facility to Iwakuni Air Station.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
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