Hundreds rally against Okinawa base move as Kennedy arrives

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NAHA — Several hundred people rallied Tuesday ahead of a visit by U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy to the Japanese island of Okinawa to protest plans to relocate an American military base there.

Okinawa is home to more than half of the 47,000 American troops based in Japan under a bilateral defense pact. Read more.

Japan Today

Related,
- US envoy visits Okinawa amid long-running row over military bases - Guardian
- Kennedy visits Okinawa to meet local officials - Japan Times

- Japanese have taken to the streets to protest a plan to relocate a US military base there (video) - PressTV

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