Japan’s PM backtracks on US base

Yukio Hatoyama says it is “impossible” to relocate US military base off Okinawa.

Japan

Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s prime minister, says it will be impossible to completely move a key US military base out of Okinawa.

The decision means Hatoyama is backtracking on a key election promise, the issue continues to divide the people on the island.

Rob McBride reports from Okinawa. 

Source: Al Jazeera