US makes biggest Okinawa land return

A deal to return American military land on Okinawa to the Japanese government was hailed yesterday as the biggest such land transfer in more than four decades. But the move is unlikely to reduce frustration on the strategic island that remains crowded with American bases -- a legacy of World War II.  The agreement covers 4,000 hectares of the 7,500-hectare Camp Gonsalves jungle warfare training centre.