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Air base dispute hangs over Obama Japan trip

By Mure Dickie in Tokyo

Published: October 25 2009 17:35 | Last updated: October 25 2009 17:35

US marines in OkinawaReuters
US marines at their Okinawa base: the facility is due to move to a new site on the northern coast but unhappy residents want it moved off the Japanese island altogether

Differences over a controversial plan to relocate a US marine air base on the Japanese island of Okinawa appear ever more likely to cloud a landmark visit to Tokyo next month by Barack Obama, the US ­president.

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