Hatoyama says Japan coming closer to forming policy on Futemma

Hatoyama says Japan coming closer to forming policy on Futemma

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama answers question from reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2009. He said his government is coming closer to forming a policy on where to relocate a U.S. military airfield in Okinawa, an issue that has grown into a row threatening to sour the Japan-U.S. alliance.

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