Agreement Would Shift Some Okinawa F-15 Training To Guam

Officials from Japan and the U.S. have agreed to relocate some F-15 fighter exercises from the Japanese island of Okinawa to the U.S. territory of Guam, reports the Asahi Shimbun.

Some training for F-15s stationed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa has been shifted to other bases in Japan since 2007, but this latest agreement would mark the first relocation outside Japan.

The plan is designed to reduce aircraft noise at Kadena. The move was included in a joint declaration issued...