Japan to give US base relocation plan next week

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Source: Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan's prime minister said Wednesday that he hopes to meet with President Barack Obama next week to offer his proposals on the relocation of a major American military base in Okinawa that has led to a rift between the allies.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said members of his Cabinet are still working on the plans and he may give them to Obama on the side of the 192-nation U.N. conference in Copenhagen next week, though he has not officially asked for a meeting.

"We are facing a difficult situation, but there is a solution," Hatoyama said, without elaborating on planned proposals. "I will make a decision in the end."

The relocation of the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has led to increased tension between the two sides. Washington and Tokyo agreed in 2006 to relocate the base to a site farther north, but Hatoyama put that plan on hold.

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1. I have a great relocation solution:

move the base to the US, or completely dissolve it. Imperialism is not helping us. All foreign bases should be closed; if nothing else, it would save an awful lot of money.