Nearly 80% of Japanese think Okinawa's base-hosting burden unfair

Nearly 80 percent of people in Japan think the burden on Okinawa in hosting the bulk of U.S. forces in the country is not fair compared with other prefectures, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday.The nationwide mail survey, conducted ahead of the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese administration on May 15, found that 58 percent of respondents supported transferring some of the U.S. military facilities outside of the southern prefecture.But 69 percent opposed relocating the bases to areas where they live, although 79 percent believe the burden on Okinawa was unequally large…READ FULL ARTICLE