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Japanese govt's coalition partner rejects new US base proposal

TOKYO: A coalition partner of Japan's centre-left government on Saturday voiced opposition to a fresh proposal for keeping a controversial US base within the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Sat, Oct 24 2009

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