Japan, U.S. eye Iwakuni Megafloat
Yomiuri Shimbun said that Tokyo and Washington are considering building a giant floating runway on the sea off Iwakuni.
This will allow U.S. forces' to carry out night-landing practice in an effort to reduce noise pollution.
About 70 fighter jets aboard the USS Kitty Hawk are being considered to move to the facility.
The Megafloat structure is to be built about four kilometers from a new offshore runway at Iwakuni Air Station.
Japan tested a one-kilometer long Megafloat off Yokosuka in 1999 and 2000.
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