DPJ leader wants eventual pullout of U.S. forces from Japan

DPJ leader wants eventual pullout of U.S. forces from Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama on Sept. 13 speaks at a lecture at a Tokyo hotel organized by K.K. Kyodo News. Hatoyama, head of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), recommended that Japan's war-renouncing Constitution be revised to legally recognize the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) as a full-fledged military force and that U.S. forces in Japan eventually be withdrawn.

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