"U.S. Forces Korea Command considers relocation to downtown Tokyo"

The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted the U.S. military as saying that the move of the U.S. military command in Japan from the Yokota base outside Tokyo to the city center is emerging in the U.S.

The U.S. military is reportedly reviewing U.S. military sites in Roppongi, Minato-gu, where the temporary helicopter airfield, the Akasaka Press Center, is located at the new U.S. military command in Japan.

The site is 3 kilometers away from Ichigaya Defense Ministry in Tokyo, where the Self-Defense Forces' Integrated Operations Command will be established before March next year.

If realized, the distance to the Defense Department will be very close, considering that the distance between the Yokota base, where the U.S. military command in Japan is currently located, and the Defense Department is 35 kilometers.

The Integrated Operations Command plans to command the Land, Maritime, and Aeronautical Self-Defense Forces in a unified manner and coordinate with the U.S. military.