Ex-PM Hatoyama apologizes to Okinawans

Ex-PM Hatoyama apologizes to Okinawans

GINOWAN, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama gives a speech in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2012, the 40th anniversary of its reversion to Japanese sovereignty. During his speech in the city that hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, Hatoyama apologized to the people of the prefecture for his flip-flops when he was prime minister over the relocation of the controversial U.S. military base on the southwestern island.

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