The island's delicate environment is facing repeated handlings of large military jets, armaments and criminal activities by US troops.

May 04, 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) - Japan’s initially progressive prime minister has again backtracked on his earlier promise to remove the controversial US base out of Okinawa Isaland.

Yukio Hatoyama, speaking against the will of the island’s residents said after a complete study of this situation it would be impossible to remove Futenma base somewhere else. ‘Realistically speaking, it’s impossible to relocate the base, it’s a situation that is difficult to move everything out of the prefecture,’ Hatoyama told reporters.

The islands delicate environment is facing repeated handlings of large military jets, armaments and criminal activities by US troops. There have been many instances of US troops raping schoolgirls, young women as well as other offences. Recently several US soldiers gang-raped a young schoolgirl on her way to school.

Okinawa hosts 47,000 US troops stationed since the end of WWII. Japan’s new prime minister Hatoyama initially showed a steadfast decision to remove the base out of Okinawa. The majority of Okinawans supported Hatoyama’s policy, but his latest confession reveals how Japan’s ruling technocrats could play against democratic aspirations of Japanese people.