Japan and the United States are considering deploying 12 CV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at the Yokota Air Base in Tokyo as soon as next July, a Japanese government source said Saturday. The governments initially planned to deploy the aircraft at Kadena air base in Okinawa. But ahead of the gubernatorial election there in November, Tokyo and Washington are looking at basing the aircraft in Tokyo to avoid increasing the island prefecture's burden from hosting U.S. military facilities.
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