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Gubernatorial election in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa kicked off on Sunday with a focus on candidates' policy toward whether or not to relocate a key US airbase within the prefecture.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday briefed visiting US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about his efforts to reinterpret the country's pacifist constitution to allow Japan to exercise collective self-defense rights.

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For 10 years, Hiroshi Ashitomi has been coming to the beach near his Okinawa home every day to sit. He loves nothing more than the sea around the island, the rare sightings of dugongs and sea turtles, the tan sand and the crags out by the breakwater. He believes the sea is the greatest gift of his ancestors and he wants to pass it on to future generations.

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The governor of Okinawa signed off Friday on the long-awaited relocation of a U.S. military base, a major step toward allowing the U.S. to move forward with plans to consolidate its troops on the southern Japanese islands and move some to Guam.

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Japan and the United States have agreed to move 4,700 Marines in Japan's Okinawa to the US territory of Guam, local media reported on Sunday.

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TOKYO (AP) — Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned Wednesday to improve his party's chances in an election next month, after his own popularity plunged over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base. 

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Japan's embattled prime minister faced growing pressure Tuesday from within his own party to resign ahead of July elections over his broken campaign promise to move a US Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa.

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Okinawans were outraged Sunday that Japan's prime minister reneged on his campaign pledge to move a strategic US military base off their island, a broken promise that deepens political confusion ahead of nationwide elections.

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Thousands of Japanese linked hands and encircled a Marine Corps base in Okinawa today to protest its presence on the island, putting more pressure on Tokyo to resolve an impasse over the base's future.

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The deployment of at least 35,000 Filipinos for construction and other skilled jobs in Guam may not happen this year.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday briefed visiting US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about his efforts to reinterpret the country's pacifist constitution to allow Japan to exercise collective self-defense rights.

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The governor of Okinawa signed off Friday on the long-awaited relocation of a U.S. military base, a major step toward allowing the U.S. to move forward with plans to consolidate its troops on the southern Japanese islands and move some to Guam.

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Japan and the United States have agreed to move 4,700 Marines in Japan's Okinawa to the US territory of Guam, local media reported on Sunday.

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Japan's embattled prime minister faced growing pressure Tuesday from within his own party to resign ahead of July elections over his broken campaign promise to move a US Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa.

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Okinawans were outraged Sunday that Japan's prime minister reneged on his campaign pledge to move a strategic US military base off their island, a broken promise that deepens political confusion ahead of nationwide elections.

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Thousands of Japanese linked hands and encircled a Marine Corps base in Okinawa today to protest its presence on the island, putting more pressure on Tokyo to resolve an impasse over the base's future.

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