TOKYO -- The Japanese government aims to reduce the burden of hosting U.S. military bases on Okinawa Prefecture while maintaining the nation's powers of deterrence, now that the U.S. Marine Corps has begun its transition from the prefecture to the U.S. territory of Guam. Japan also aims to steadily implement a plan to relocate the U.S. military's Futenma Air Station in Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago in the prefecture, while making efforts to obtain the understanding of local people. The