Japan Pm: Moving Us Base Off Okinawa ‘impossible’ (ap)

People shout a slogan against the U.S. military presence in Okinawa in front of the Okinawa prefectural government building in Naha, Okinawa Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama visited Okinawa Tuesday as he works to meet an end-of-May deadline to resolve a dispute over the relocation of an unwelcomed U.S. Marine base on the southern island. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP – 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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