. >> onaga said the biggest issue concerning u.s. military bases is revising the status of forces agreement. he said he wants to urge the governments of japan and united states to revise the agreement. it covers the handling of crimes committed by military personnel and civilian employees of u.s. forces in japan. the incident could be a serious obstacle for the ongoing negotiation of where to relocate the futenma air base. it's also not the first time an attack on a citizen of okinawa has strained relations in the prefecture. nhk world has the details. >> reporter: a change of command ceremony was held on friday for u.s. marines stationed in okinawa. >> i know everybody here knows congress holds us accountable to be most ready when the nation is least ready. that's in our dna. it's what we do. to be most ready. >> reporter: the murder and the arrest of the base employee as the only suspect was not mentioned. but that shows how sensitive the case is to the u.s. forces. governor onaga opposes relocating the u.s. marine futenma air base

onaga said he plans to meet more members of congress and former u.s. ambassador to japan walter mondale. mondale served as u.s. envoy 20 years ago when japanese officials agreed to move the base. preparation work for the new facility was halted two months ago. in march, tokyo and okinawa reached a court mediated settlement to draw lawsuits against each other. however, the two sides have been unable to reach agreement since then. >>> it's been more than a month hit two powerful earthquakes hit southwestern japan. seismic activity is continuing. close to 1400 quake haves been recorded since april 14th. the tremors all had an intensity of one or higher on the japanese scale. japan's meteorological agency surging residents to remain alert for possible aftershocks. the earthquakes killed 49 people in kumamoto prefecture. an additional 20 have agreed to die from aftereffects such as physical fatigue from the evacuation. more than 10,000 people are still living in shelters. there are some still sleeping in their cars or in tents. >>> kumamoto city's board of

the request by takeshi onaga, who was elected on a platform of removing a u.s. airbase from the island, comes after last week's arrest of former marine for the murder of a japanese woman. for decades, okinawa residents have called for the expulsioof u.s. troops in large part over a history of sexual assaults. the governor spoke on monday. >> over the last several years, we have heard nearly 100 times that will be a full enforcement of discipline and a thorough plan to prevent this from happening again but the reality is is that nothing has changed. amy: that was the okinawa governor. in austria, a former green party leader has defeated his far-right opponent by a narrow margin in the presidential race. alexander van der bellen won 50.3% of the vote, defeating far-right candidate norbert hofer who won 49.7%. hofer ran on an anti-migrant platform and would have become the first far-right head of state elected in europe since 1945. back in the u.s., the democratic national committee has allowed vermont senator bernie sanders to appoint five members to the committee