"A US official who until March was in charge of American policy towardsJapan has warned that unless agreement is reached soon over the transfer of a US marine base in Okinawa, Washington will drop the plan to reduce its military footprint on the island.
Kevin Maher, who was sacked as director of the US state department's office of Japan affairs in March after reportedly making disparaging remarks about Okinawans, said disagreement over the future of the base threatened to prolong the island's burden of hosting about half of the 47,000 US troops in Japan".....................READ MORE
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