http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/world/asia/26okinawa.html?ref=world
Last Sunday more than 90 thousand Okinawans protested the U.S. Military base on their island. To add to the rising tension Yukio Hatoyama the prime minister of Japan is not following through with his campaign promise to get the base off the island. He as an issue with this because of a deal made with Washington in 2006 to move the base to a different and less populated part of the island. They want to move more than half of the 25,000 troops on the base to this region but the Okinawans want the base moved completely. Mr. Hatoyama is trying to make a deal that will make his people happy as long as one that appeals to Washington.
Submitted By Zach Mowen
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