The country's vast offshore oil and gas resources have provided the government That is a source of both hope and fear.

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In 2006,Japan and the United States agreed to close Futenma and move its facilities to another Marine base with a heliport built on reclaimed land offshore.

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A Pentagon spokesman says most of the Marines will be based on three ships anchored offshore, with a small security force protecting equipment and supplies onshore at night.

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British Gas was invited to explore offshore a few years ago, although production did not follow.

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"It is too early to offshore a new industry before it is born, " says Andrew Grove, an Intel Corp. founder and one of the first to fund stem-cell study despite the feds' ban.

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