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Sun 11 Nov 2009Protest over US base in Japan
Thousands of Japanese people gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa today to demand that a US Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by president Barack Obama.
The row over the re-siting of the Futenma air base threatens to stall a realignment of the 47,000 US military personnel in Japan and sour defence ties between the two countries, seen as key in a region home to a rising China and an unpredictable North Korea.
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