Others say that the three parties involved will be able to compromise at some point. Firms lined up for new heliport Camp Schwab is currently front runner as the relocation site for Futenma. The group is banking on the Camp Schwab site being chosen, and is also requesting Tokyo to provide extensive promotion for the locality. The trust is strengthening the bond among local businesses. The actions are in response to Governor Inamine's announcement that the replacement site would be named by mid-November.
Local activity is likely to be even more feverish once that information is released.
The original idea of a floating base claims many people's support because it would be less harmful to the environment. Moreover a mainland research group made up of major players in steel and heavy industries is achieving major progress in the design of floating facilities. When Hiromu Nonaka, the former Cabinet Chief Secretary, the deputy leader of the Democratic Party, and Tsutomu Kawara, the Director General of the Defense Agency, came to Okinawa at the end of October, a prefectural assembly member asked them to prevent the construction firms from taking any action prior to the announcement and so avoid confusion and resentment. I will drop the contractor who causes trouble in the locality. Both the OPG and Tokyo are toughening themselves up in readiness for the tactics of, and the battle among, the construction companies over the technology to used for the new base.