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10 25th, 2009| 
AFP – Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Sunday he was in no hurry to make a decision on relocating a controversial US military base in Japan before President Barack Obama’s visit next month. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
24
AP – Japan’s new government appeared to bow to intensifying pressure from visiting top U.S. military officials, saying Friday it supports keeping a major U.S. Marine airfield on the southern island of Okinawa. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
23
AFP – The top US military officer on Friday kicked off a series of talks in Japan, government officials said, as their decades-long alliance is being strained by a military base dispute. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
23
AP – The chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff says Japan must act urgently to make progress on a base relocation issue if Washington’s overall realignment of troops here is to move forward on time. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
22
AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly “move on” with a plan to relocate a controversial US military base to a new area of southern Okinawa island. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
21
AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly “move on” with a plan to relocate a controversial US military base to a new area of southern Okinawa island. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
15
AFP – Despite decades of denials by Washington and Tokyo, US officials believe they enjoyed a secret pact to transport nuclear weapons through Japan, newly declassified documents showed. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
14
AFP – Despite decades of denials by Washington and Tokyo, US officials believe they enjoyed a secret pact to transport nuclear weapons through Japan, newly declassified documents showed. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
25
AFP – The Obama administration has promised to discuss a controversial deal on US military bases with Japan’s new left-leaning government but stopped short of saying it would renegotiate it. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
23
AFP – The Obama administration has promised to discuss a controversial deal on US military bases with Japan’s new left-leaning government but stopped short of saying it would renegotiate it. Read the rest of this entry »