Plot Plan, USAF Kashiwa Communications Station (1977): With the cessation of 440L OTH-F radar operations at Tokorozawa (Saitama Prefecture, Japan), the Air Force decided to functional relocation and closure of Kashiwa site. All HF services were successfully cut over from Kashiwa to Tokorozawa by 29 December 1975, and Kashiwa CST was formally inactivated on 1 February 1976. As a result, 229.22 acres of land at the site were partially released to the GOJ on 30 September 1977. The remainder 236.14 acres were transferred from the Air Force to the Coast Guard Far East Section (headquartered at Yokota AB) as a site of a new LORAN station for the purpose of achieving a LORAN-guided all-weather/night air strike capability in Korea (Commando Lion Project). However, the Radio Regulatory Bureau of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (GOJ) advised USFJ that due to numerous electromagnetic compatibility problems it was not feasible to authorize an operating frequency for LORAN at Kashiwa. The U.S. abandoned plans to construct a LORAN station at Kashiwa and completely released this installation to the GOJ on 14 August 1979.