Japan Delays Decision On Moving The U.S. Base At Okinawa

U.S. military helicopters flying over the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Base in November. Kazuhiro Nogi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Japan Delays Decision On U.S. Base Relocation -- Wall Street Journal

TOKYO -- Japan's half-century alliance with the U.S. will face further strains next year, after Japanese leaders postponed a decision on a contentious plan to relocate a U.S. military base into 2010.

Following weeks of thorny internal discussions, the center-left government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Tuesday formally gave up trying to reach an consensus on the future of the U.S. airbase on the island of Okinawa before the end of the year. That makes it impossible for Washington and Tokyo to reach a resolution on the issue by year-end, as U.S. officials had hoped. Japanese officials say they keep talking in coming months, perhaps until May or later.

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More News On Japan's Decision Regarding The U.S. Base On Okinawa

Japan Delays Decision on Moving U.S. Marine Base -- New York Times
Japan Decision on Okinawa Base Will Take Months, Hatoyama Says -- Bloomberg
Japan to put off decision on U.S. base row -- Reuters
Japan delays decision in US base row -- AFP
Report: Japan delays decision on future of US base -- AP

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