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Tokunoshima Mayors Try to Head Off Marine Transfer Plan

Sunday, May 2, 2010

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Tokyo -- The three mayors of Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, will meet with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the Kantei on May 7th in a bid to head off plans to redeploy US Marines to their remote island.

The mayors had previously rejected any meetings on this issue, but reconsidered when they realized that the government was planning to build a US Marine base on their island even in the absence of any local agreement.

"We think we should take preemptive steps to oppose the plan...

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