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Marine base debate opens rift in US-Japan ties

AP News 13 days ago

Wrangling over major US Marine base clouds relations US-Japan ties Political wrangling by Japan's new government over plans to move a major U.S. Marine base on Okinawa has opened a wide rift in Washington's most important Asian alliance ahead of President Barack ...

Japan plans aid for Kabul ahead of Obama visit

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 14 days ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it would give Afghanistan up to $5 billion in new aid, a move Tokyo hopes will improve strained security ties with Washington ahead of President Barack Obama's visit this week. Japan and the United States ...

Okinawa base not 'dominant' issue of Obama Japan visit: official

AFP American Edition 14 days ago

A dispute over the relocation of a key US military base in Japan will not be a "dominant" or "essential" feature of President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo, a senior US official said Monday. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who will welcome ...

Thousands of Japanese protest U.S. base plan

Reuters US Online Report Top News 15 days ago

GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - Thousands of Japanese gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa on Sunday to demand that a U.S. Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama. The ...

Japanese protest US base before Obama visit

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

Tens of thousands of Okinawan residents rallied Sunday against a US military base on the island, raising the heat in a simmering row days before US President Barack Obama is due in Japan. Opposition has often flared on the island against the ...

Japanese FM says no base deal during Obama visit

AP News 16 days ago

Japanese FM says expect no US military base deal during Obama visit Japan's foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying ...

Japanese to protest US base before Obama visit

AFP Asian Edition 16 days ago

Thousands were expected to rally Sunday against a US military base on Japan's Okinawa island, raising the heat in a simmering row days before President Barack Obama visits Tokyo. Local opposition has often flared against the large US military presence on the ...

Japanese town stages anti-US base protest

AFP Asian Edition 16 days ago

Thousands of residents of Japan'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 ...

Okinawans split over U.S. military base's future

Reuters US Online Report Top News 17 days ago

GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - Idyllic beach resorts jostle for space with U.S. military bases on Japan's subtropical island of Okinawa, at the center of a feud that may cast a shadow over U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Japan next week. Nowhere ...

Japan, U.S. to avoid bases feud for Obama visit

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 17 days ago

GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - The United States and Japan look set to avoid a collision over where to relocate a Marine base when President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week, but the row could still fray security ties in the months ahead. ...

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