The U.S. Marine Corps completely disregarded Okinawans' concern for air traffic safety when they landed six transport helicopters and a tanker plane at a civil airport for refueling on the morning April 26 on their way to the Philippines where they were to take part in "Balikatan 2003", an annual joint U.S.-Philippine exercise. (This is the key reason right here why america needs to get out. They do NOT care about the safety of the japanese people. This is dangerous.)

These aircraft are based at U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan City.

At Miyako Airport in Hirara City, about 100 local residents, including Hirara City Mayor Ishimine Akira, staged a protest against the landing, and shouted slogans in opposition to military use of the civil airport. (end)

http://www.japan-press.co.jp/2332/usmilitary.html

This was not enough.

All the news about how bad is the US is from the Japanese news source. How can I know if this is the truth? The j@p can simply modify the news and make them look so innocent.

Believe what you want. I dont give a damn. America has a history of recklessness in japan. These people have nothing to gain by lieing.

refrain from using the word j@p. verbal warning this time.

Here let me help rephrase that for huaren... I think this is better...

Japan has a history of recklessness in China. These people have nothing to gain by lieing.

Sounds familiar? Don't deny World War II...

I never denied world war two. Facts cannot be denied.

what did they do, they landed at a public airport ? oh my how horrible

Typical arrogance....

no not arrogance ,what is the problem huh? I dont see why it's such a big deal

No it is indeed arrogance. Why do I say it was arrogance. "We don't care about public concerns for safety we will do what we want regardless!". There was heavy air traffic and concern about safety. The americans simply ignored this.

It's probobly because it's not normal for ppl in Japan. It happenes all the time here,thats why it's no big deal.You shouldn't worry about it anyway if their gonna die their gonna die ,hell you could slip and fall in the bathtub and die that goes for anybody.Ogumo you would go insane if you were to live here ,It would be like a house cat being left outside it would freak out.I would love to just sit and watch you for about a week.One thing though you do keep things interesting.

One thing though you do keep things interesting.

Ive been told this before. Glad to hear it.

Korn already caught this but, Huaren you have a proclivity to state pretty racist comments. First of all you blatantly use "j@p," a direct sign of your racism. I guess in China they teach people to hate Japan but when you're outside of China you have to play by internationally recognized etiquette.

"j@p" is a racist term regardless of what you may think. It was and is still used derogatorily.

Chinese parents and Korean parents have to stop teaching their children to hate Japanese, this is a major source of their hatred towards Japan. Japanese feel no anger to hatred towards the Chinese and Koreans, only they feel strongly against us.

The other day, the Korean volleyball team was interviewed before the match and they stated that Japan was the only team that they didn't want to lose to. Koreans are so hot-headed when concerning Japan. We don't have that intense fighting spirit against Korea or China. We don't hate you guys. We aren't angry at you people. Stop getting so angry at us.

I'm not taking sides but Japan's actions in WWII is a perfect reason why former allied powers are allowed to occupy the area. I'm not saying this right, but it's like germany after WWII. The USSR had a very good reason to occupy Germany (east germany). The Russians/USSR were heavily dismembered by the Germans in WWI and WWII than any other nation. I'm not saying the action was right, but it was backed up by reasonable measures. Occupation of an invading country after a war is a logical action by any nation.

If Japan didn't attack Pearl Harbor, this wouldn't have happened. Yes Japan has changed greatly, but when you think about it, Japan should have thought ahead before they attacked a potential superpower.

Same with the Germans, if Germany didn't invade Russia/USSR twice and cause massive damage both times, they wouldn't have experienced the poverty and harsh rules by their occupation.

But nonetheless, USA will protect Japan when it's in need of military assistance. Japan's military allocation ranges from 0.8-1% of the GDP, which is one of the smallest in the world. Japan can't afford a war.

But nonetheless, USA will protect Japan when it's in need of military assistance.

I doubt this. It is the same people that cannot tolerate 700 deaths. Not to mention they really dont give a damn.

Anyway I feel that the americans are unfit to occupy japan in the modern day. It really is not neccisary. Not to mention the hanus acts that are being commited every month.

Haha. "hanus," that's anus with an 'h.' (this is the correct spelling ==> "heinous")

Anyway, the fact that you blame Japan for Pearl Harbor is appalling. The good ol' USofA that you're selling your loyalty to is the very nation that forced Japan to take the actions that it did. It is also the same nation that purposely hid information from American soldiers stationed in Pearl Harbor even though they could have saved lives just so that they would have a reason to go to war. It is also the same nation that knew that Japan was furiously taking actions to declare their surrender yet decided to drop an atom bomb or should I say two atom bombs on civilian targets. It is also the same nation that set up phoney trials without lawyers without fair judges for crimes that there were no laws for.

Before you try to legitimize the actions of America today, in a post war world, try to think about who the real aggressors are now.

NO NO NO .I'm not saying anything bad about Japan now but back then they started it and the USA retailated.It's over get over it

It's over get over it

It will be over when america leave japan.

Agree , That is what you call news sanitation

Except you can't change the facts. You can present things so that they appear one way but you can't change the actual events. You can hide events that actually happened, you can write about things in a certain tone to make it sound bad, you can do a lot of things, but you CAN'T change the facts. Unless you live in China or some other Communist country.

Contrary to what you may believe , Sometime no matter how sanitized the news , It will often find a leak.............................

Just like what happened in China about the SARS epidemic.