Japan Okınawa Us Base

epa02169497 Japan ' s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama ( centre ) returns to his car after meeting mayors from the northern part of Okinawa ' s main island that are involved in the relocation of a U . S . Marine base , at Bankoku-shinryokan , in Nago , Okinawa , southern Japan , 23 May 2010 . Hatoyama unveiled for the first time his plan to relocate the U . S . Futenma Marine base within Okinawaapologized as one of his campaign promise was to move the military facility outside the prefecture .  EPA/HITOSHI MAESHIRO