U.S. weighs returning smaller permanent fighter force to Okinawa

American lawmaker questions rational for downsizing as China threat grows

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military plans to resume the permanent deployment of fighter jets at an American base in Okinawa but with fewer planes than before, Nikkei Asia has learned, drawing mixed reactions from lawmakers and experts as the threat posed by China grows.

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