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Tokyo has reached agreement to buy Mageshima island for USN flying training

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The Japanese government has reached an agreement to buy Mageshima island from Taston Airport for $146 million.


Tokyo plans to convert the island into a training facility for U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft and a base for the Japan Self-Defense Force.

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