Japanese mayor urges US pullout

[ConcernedCanuk]

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Wednesday 16 March 2005, 4:10 Makka Time, 1:10 GMT

Resentment against US bases has been brewing in Japan

The governor of Okinawa has asked Japan and the United States to remove all of the nearly 20,000 US Marines from the southern Japanese island chain.

Governor Keiichi Inamine on Tuesday said he also requested the downsizing or relocation of US air bases of Kadena and Futenma away from Okinawa's densely populated main island and revision of the Status of Forces Agreement, which grants the US military jurisdiction over its troops in many legal matters.

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Angered by accidents, violent crimes and environmental issues, many people in Okinawa have called for reducing what they say is their unfair burden of hosting the bulk of the US military's 47,000 personnel in Japan.

Okinawa, a string of islands 1600km southwest of Tokyo, has less than 1% of Japan's total land mass but hosts more than half of the US military presence in the country.




Some people getting tired of being occupied I guess?

[bpilgrim]

1. unfair burden - when will the OCCUPATION END

i wonder :shrug:

powerful english sign.

peace

[NNN0LHI]

2. They want us to leave just like the Iraqis do

So sorry my Japanese friends but whether you realize it or not you are still under US occupation too. That is why our US puppet, (your leader) had to send your sons and daughters to Iraq to be killed.

Don

[whistle]

3. Right, Japanese don't want any more nuclear weapons dropped

...on their soil

[bpilgrim]

4. kick

peace