SDP chief will look closely at Japan-U.S. statement on Futemma

SDP chief will look closely at Japan-U.S. statement on Futemma

NAGO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, speaks at a news conference in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 25, 2010, after separate meetings with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima, Nago Mayor Susumi Inamie and Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha to discuss the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture.

Nago mayor expresses opposition to security bills

Nago mayor expresses opposition to security bills

Photo taken July 6, 2015, in Naha, the capital of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, shows a meeting of a House of Representatives panel to hear opinions on national security bills. Among the witnesses -- (from L) Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama, Tomokazu Takamine, former president of the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper in Okinawa, Nanjo Mayor Keishun Koja, former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota and Nago Mayor Susumu Inamie. Inamie expressed his opposition to the bills, saying they are "extremely dangerous as they could increase people's anxiety and change Japan's way of being." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

SDP chief will look closely at Japan-U.S. statement on Futemma

SDP chief will look closely at Japan-U.S. statement on Futemma

NAGO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, speaks at a news conference in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 25, 2010, after separate meetings with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima, Nago Mayor Susumi Inamie and Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha to discuss the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture. (Kyodo)