Okinawa: Thousands protest US base
Straits Times
11/07/09
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 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 Obama’s first visit to Tokyo...
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_451592.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=US+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Okinawa
11/07/09
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 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 Obama’s first visit to Tokyo...
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_451592.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=US+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Okinawa
rudkla - 9. Nov, 08:54
