Japan to Ask U.S. to Remove Some Okinawa Bases -Paper
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Japan plans to ask the United States to  move some U.S. marine bases from its southernmost prefecture of  Okinawa to a location outside Japan, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun  said on Monday.
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Japanâs ruling party was expected to push into law a bill to revive a naval mission to support U.S.-led forces.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japan plans to keep its troops in Iraq beyond the original withdrawal date of December 14 this year, according to Japanese media reports Tuesday.
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The U.S. military in Okinawa ordered its members and their families on Wednesday to restrict their movements after the arrest last week of a Marine on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl.
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The United States has rejected a request by Japan that it verify Tokyo's contribution to the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan is not used for military operations in Iraq, a report said Sunday.
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The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all personnel in Okinawa on Wednesday, limiting troops to bases, places or work or off-base housing amid a furor over the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of rape.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to visit Japan next month, a report said Saturday, as Washington seeks to persuade Tokyo to maintain its support for forces in Afghanistan.
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Angry lawmakers on Japan's southern island of Okinawa called for progress on shrinking the U.S. military presence and tighter discipline among U.S. troops after the arrest of a U.S. Marine on suspicion of raping a local schoolgirl.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should stop visiting a shrine China say symbolizes Japan&#39;s militaristic past as it hurts business ties, Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives said.
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By Michiyo Ishida, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Japan bureau chief. Japanese troops are in Iraq mainly to help in the country&#39;s reconstruction but the mission is also seen as a signal that Tokyo wants a larger role in world affairs.
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Japan&#39;s navy went on alert yesterday when an unidentified submarine made a brief incursion into the country&#39;s southern waters near Okinawa, and Tokyo was trying to determine where the vessel came from.
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North Korea on Friday will ask the United Nations to take up its complaint over what it calls a "fascist search" of a pro-North Korean group in Tokyo, a Japanese diplomat said.
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Japanese Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono said Sunday that late 2005 is a possible target date for Japanese troops to withdraw from Iraq.
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The United States has asked Japan not to arrange a meeting between Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma, an apparent response to Kyuma's criticism of U.S. policy, Kyodo news agency said on Monday.
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The United States wants to scale down its military relief operations in Asia's quake disaster zones and hand the tasks over to countries affected by the disaster, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said.
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About 300 women gathered on Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Tuesday to protest the suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl there by a U.S. Marine, calling for U.S. troops to leave, media reported.
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More than half the respondents to a poll say Japan&#39;s government should withdraw its troops from Iraq next month when the mandate for their reconstruction and humanitarian mission expires, the daily Mainichi Shimbun says.