Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - People stage a rally in Kagoshima on May 8, 2010, against Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that Tokunoshima Island host some functions of a U.S. Marine base in nearby Okinawa. Among some 5,000 participants were the mayors of the three towns on the island in Kagoshima Prefecture who spurned the proposal in a meeting with Hatoyama the previous day in Tokyo.

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