Yukio Hatoyama, the Japanese prime minister, plans a visit to Okinawa to settle the row over the US airbase on the island.

On the one hand, he has to appease the residents of Okinawa and on the other, he cannot afford to strain relations with Washington.

Keystone of the pacific..

33 of the 52 bases in Japan are located on Okinawa..

I actually didnt know that..

The prime minister you can tell is very sorry for saying something that he cannot go through with. Unfortunately Japanese are not very easy to forgive someone. It doesnt take much for people to want someone out of office. I think he is a pretty humble person, and seems pretty kind. I dont think its his fault.

Hatoyama is liar and too stupid to handle a country   and Democratic party is fraud party

as long as Japan doesn't have "Real Military" , Okinawa must need the US military bases to protect from threaten of China

I m very conservative , I didn't vote democratic party .
Japanese conservative people had been sense of crisis if Democratic party came to power.
but it is real now  > <

bush and koizumi's relationship was the best .
(By the way, Koizumi's hometown is Yokosuka