Word: okada
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During his visit to Okinawa, Okada appeared to back off on that idea, agreeing a move to Kadena would be acceptable only if noise-reduction measures were taken...
...Okada has repeatedly suggested the base's functions be moved to nearby Kadena Air Base, not Nago, a counterproposal that has already been rejected by Washington and is opposed by the local mayor...
...would be extremely difficult to scrap the U.S. military realignment agreement that has been already reached," Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said after a two-day trip to Okinawa, adding the top priority is to move the base out of its current location in a crowded city on the southern island...
...diplomacy and defense, the government should consider local elections - but it can become an obstacle." Toshikawa also says that Hatoyama's handling of this issue, by fielding the different plans of his ministers, is characteristic of his desire to "unify his Cabinet." The problem, says Toshikawa, is that Hatoyama, Okada and Kitazawa have different takes on what the resolution entails. "He has not shown his own leadership," says Toshikawa...
...television program on Nov. 8, Okada, who canceled his overseas trip to the U.S. this month ahead of Obama's visit, said the issue would not be resolved during this weekend's talks. Recently instated U.S. ambassador John Roos said last month to reporters in Tokyo that the U.S. was willing to work with Japan on the issue: "The solution [on Futenma] is the realignment roadmap that has been agreed to. You have to give the Hatoyama administration time." If that is indeed the solution, Hatoyama might take much longer than the U.S. wants...