TOKYO : US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly "move on" with a plan to relocate a controversial US military base to a new area of southern Okinawa island. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia
from Channel NewsAsia on Wed, Oct 21 2009
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