The Japanese government has realized that a U.S. air base that is located in Okinawa needs to be relocated. The Futenma Marine Corps air station is occupied by many of the 50,000 American military personnel in Japan. The problem is that Okinawa is a heavily populated city in Japan and this air base is having too much of an impact on the city's local residents and environment.
Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is trying to resolve this problem by attempting to relocate the air base. It will be very difficult to pass something that will make both Japan and the U.S. content, but it needs to be done. Hatoyama has set the deadline to resolve this problem by May; however, trying to come up with a solution in a couple months seems impossible.
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