Over 90,000 people rallied opposing the relocation of the American air base in Okinawa. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama needs to resolve this issue; it is too bad that this problem is dividing the U.S. and Japan. At first you may think that it is strange that Okinawans are protesting against the relocation to a different part of the island, but there is more to the story,
Prime Minister Hatoyama promised during his elections to move the air base of the island completely, and now that he is just relocating it, people are getting angry. He has dropped in his approval ratings to under 30%, which is pretty bad for a Prime Minister. He promised his people something to get him elected, and now he is backing out of his promises...sounds like something familiar...
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