Japan

[Schneemann]

Regierungskrise in Japan: Einerseits wollte man den Abzug der Amerikaner aus Okinawa, andererseits und angesichts der Korea-Krise will man es nun doch nicht. Darüber zerbrach nun die Regierung...

Socialists leave Japan coalition over Okinawa issue

Japan's socialist party has voted to leave the ruling coalition because of a row over a US base in Okinawa.

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) had opposed PM Yukio Hatoyama's decision not to move the US Futenma airbase off the southern Japanese island. On Friday Mr Hatoyama fired SDP chief Mizuho Fukushima from her ministerial post over her stance on the issue.

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