Anti-base mayor's win casts new doubt on Okinawa
China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-26 07:52
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Surrounded by reporters and photographers, Susumu Inamine (right), who opposes plans for a controversial new US air base, answers questions one day after his victory in Nago's mayoral election. AFP |
TOKYO: Japan's center-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said yesterday that a local election victory by an opponent of a planned US military base on Okinawa island reflects the "will of the people".
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