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Japan's prime minister to step down, report says

News Alert: Japan's prime minister to step down, report says
09:07 PM EDT Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama has said he intends to resign, public broadcaster NHK said. Hatoyama told his party executives he intended to step down over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa, the report said.

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535822 tn?1443976780
Sorry  mistake , Iwo jima was on Pacific..still brilliant and hard to watch ...
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535822 tn?1443976780
Yes I agree.... we surely do ....Did you watch Pacific 'recently ....
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144586 tn?1284666164
A lot of United States blood was spilled to secure Okinawa.

As far as I'm concerned we have the right to be based there as long as is deemed necessary.
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535822 tn?1443976780
Good Riddance
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