WASHINGTON – The governor of a Japanese state with several large U.S. military bases is urging high-level officials who are negotiating American troop relocations in Japan to remember the frustration of local residents.
Shigefumi Matsuzawa, the governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, outside Tokyo, said people who live near the three large bases in his crowded state complain about noise and pollution and are in constant fear of accidents and falling aircraft parts from facilities they derive little economic advantage from.
“They cannot tolerate the burden they’ve been shouldering,” said Matsuzawa, who has no direct role in current talks between U.S. and Japanese officials on the realignment of the 50,000 American troops stationed in Japan.
The governor, speaking at a Washington think tank, said U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines at the bases _ Atsugi, Camp Zama and Yokosuka _ should be shifted from Kanagawa, which has a population of 8.7 million, to other prefectures and overseas.
He said that while he appreciated that U.S. forces were necessary for Asia’s security, he hoped they eventually would be replaced with Japanese self-defense soldiers.
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20051026p2a00m0na007000c.html
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Yep time for uncle same to get the message and get lost nobody wants you, how obvious do you want it, make hypocritical statements to syria to leave lebanon but when same message is said to the US they become deaf all of a sudden!**