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Okinawa: Thousands protest US base
Nov 9, 2009

Straits Times

11/07/09

THOUSANDS of residents of JapanÂ’s southern island of Okinawa Saturday staged a protest against the presence of the US military on the eve of a major rally against a controversial airbase.Some 2,500 people living in Kadena town, which already hosts a large US Air Force base that frequently provokes complaints over the noise of jet planes flying day and night, protested a government proposal the city accept another US military installation.
The demonstration came a day before Okinawans were to stage a major rally against a 2006 Japan-US military agreement ahead of US President Barack ObamaÂ’s first visit to Tokyo...

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_451592.html


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