Kan to ease burden on Okinawa in context of Japan-U.S. alliance

NAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from back on R) and Okinawa affairs minister Seiji Maehara (R) meet with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (back L) in the Okinawa capital of Naha on June 23, 2010. Kan told the governor that the central government will seek to ease the burden on Okinawa Prefecture of hosting U.S. military bases, but suggested he will make such efforts only in a manner that does not harm the Japan-U.S. relationship. (Pool photo)

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