Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

101 East: Okinawa: The future of US military bases

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
52,610
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on May 31, 2010

Almost 50,000 US military personnel are stationed in Japan, more than half on the island of Okinawa.But their presence has often been controversial. The Okinawa base is vital to the US in protecting its interests in Asia. But it is also important to Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's prime minister, whose popularity is plummeting in the polls and who badly needs to win a majority in the parliament's upper house elections in July.

All Comments

Adding comments has been disabled for this video.

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more