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Thousands of Japanese protest U.S. base plan (Reuters)

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Protesters hold a sign at a mass anti-U.S. base rally in Ginowan on Japan's southwestern island of Okinawa, a subtropical island about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) south of Tokyo, that hosts about half the 47,000 U.S. military personnel in Japan November 8, 2009. A dispute over a replacement facility for Futenma air base on Okinawa, a key part of a realignment of U.S. troops in Japan, has strained the alliance between the U.S. and Japan, ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Tokyo next week. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters – Thousands of Japanese gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa on Sunday to demand that a U.S. Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama.

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November 8, 2009 at 11:58 am

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