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90,000 Japanese Protest US Base on Okinawa

HeadlineApr 26, 2010

In Japan, an estimated 90,000 people rallied on the island of Okinawa Sunday to call for the removal of a US military base. The US wants to relocate its current base to a different part of the island. Half of the estimated 47,000 US troops in Japan are stationed on Okinawa.

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