Japan Us Secretary Of State Clınton Vısıtys

epa02167155 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) shakes hands with her Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada during their joint news conference at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan, 21 May 2010.  The United StatesJapan agreed in 1996 to build a US military base in the sparsely populated area on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.  After that, many officialspoliticians visited this deserted fishing village to promote the plan, promising to pump more public money into the region. Anti-base activistsenvironmentalists also visited to oppose it. Clinton is expected to discuss the base when she meets with HatoyamaForeign Minister Katsuya Okada.  EPA/ITSUO INOUYE/POOL