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Japan Suspends Talks on US Airbase

HeadlineDec 09, 2009

Japan says it’s suspended talks with the Obama administration over relocating a US military airbase. The Japanese government has said it wants to move the base completely off the island of Okinawa, while the US wants to maintain a base somewhere else on the island. Tens of thousands of Okinawa residents have taken part in ongoing protests against the base.

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