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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Ex-Hatoyama fund manager found guilty
  By JUN HONGO, Staff writer
  The Tokyo District Court hands a suspended two-year prison term to a former government-paid secretary of Yukio Hatoyama for falsely reporting the sources of donations to the prime minister's political fundraising body.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  U.S. says no way on Tokunoshima
  (Kyodo News)
  The U.S. has reportedly rejected the idea of relocating the Futenma base to Tokunoshima Island, a contentious site favored by the administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, because it is too far from Okinawa-based marine units.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Masuzoe quits LDP to form new party
  (Kyodo News)
  Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe resigned Thursday from the Liberal Democratic Party and said he would form a new party to vie in this summer's Upper House election.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Special agency pay unusually high
  (Kyodo News)
  The employees of most administrative institutions that the government will start reviewing Friday in its second round of efforts to slash wasteful spending are paid more than public servants, a study of government documents showed Thursday.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  'Cove' director reacts to base ban
  
  The Associated Press
  The director of "The Cove" said Thursday that a decision by a U.S. military base in Japan to ban the Oscar-winning film on dolphin killings and protests at the local distributor's office won't silence the film's message on saving dolphins.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Campbell to visit Tuesday
  WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, will make a two-day visit to Japan starting Tuesday to discuss with senior officials where to relocate the Futenma military base.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Government appeals reversion pact ruling
  Kyodo News
  The government said Thursday it has appealed a district court ruling ordering it to disclose documents showing the existence of a secret financial pact between Japan and the U.S. over the 1972 return of Okinawa.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Chinese flotilla spurs complaint
  The Associated Press
  Japan complained to Beijing on Wednesday that a Chinese military helicopter flew close to a Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel in waters off Okinawa — the second such incident this month.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Technically Kagoshima but Ryukyu in its soul
  By ERIC JOHNSTON, Staff writer
  TOKUNOSHIMA, Kagoshima Pref. — Astute readers will notice this story is datelined "Kagoshima Prefecture." But given that this island lies just southwest of Amami-Oshima and roughly 100 km from the northern tip of Okinawa, it's no surprise that Tokunoshima feels more like a part of the Ryukyu Islands than Kyushu.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Tokunoshima is a risky gambit
  By ERIC JOHNSTON, Staff writer
  TOKUNOSHIMA, Kagoshima Pref. — When Tokunoshima, an island with about 26,000 residents officially governed by Kagoshima Prefecture but counted as part of the Satsunan Islands that lie closer to Okinawa than Kyushu, first emerged as a candidate host for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, local reaction was one of shock.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Plenty of sites already considered, rejected
  By ERIC JOHNSTON, Staff writer
  OSAKA — With possible new locations for the Futenma air base being suggested or reported on a seemingly daily basis, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama now has very few political options to propose to the U.S.
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• [JT EDITORIAL]
  Let campaigning join digital age
  Momentum has increased in the Diet to allow use of the Internet during election campaigns. The ruling and opposition parties are now engaged in consultation over the matter.
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