Gov't unlikely to decide on U.S. base in Okinawa by next summer

Gov't unlikely to decide on U.S. base in Okinawa by next summer

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2009, about the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemmma air station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture.

Nago citizens rally to protest relocation of U.S. heliport

Nago citizens rally to protest relocation of U.S. heliport

NAHA, Japan - Citizens in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, join hands on Dec. 21 to encircle the Nago city hall in protest of the planned relocation of a U.S. military heliport to the city. The protest is held as part of a local peace festival commemorating the third anniversary of a referendum on the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemmma Air Station heliport in central Okinawa to Nago.

Gov't unlikely to decide on U.S. base in Okinawa by next summer

Gov't unlikely to decide on U.S. base in Okinawa by next summer

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2009, about the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemmma air station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Nago citizens rally to protest relocation of U.S. heliport

Nago citizens rally to protest relocation of U.S. heliport

NAHA, Japan - Citizens in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, join hands on Dec. 21 to encircle the Nago city hall in protest of the planned relocation of a U.S. military heliport to the city. The protest is held as part of a local peace festival commemorating the third anniversary of a referendum on the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemmma Air Station heliport in central Okinawa to Nago.