Japan's Prime Minister Says Some Of Marine Base Will Stay On Okinawa

Island residents oppose the airfield, and Hatoyama had promised that it would be removed. Japan's prime minister said Tuesday that it will be impossible to move all parts of a key U.S. Marine base out of Okinawa, breaking with past promises to relocate the facility outside the southern island.

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