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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Yokota base bans 'Cove' to be neutral
  By BOYD HARNELL, Contributing writer
  The Academy Award-winning documentary "The Cove" has been banned from screening at the U.S. Air Force Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on the grounds that the film is politically sensitive.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Hatoyama heads to nuke summit, separate chats
  (Kyodo News)
  Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama left Monday for a two-day visit to Washington to attend a summit on nuclear security to be hosted by President Barack Obama and meet bilaterally with other leaders on the sidelines of the event.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Hatoyama's Futenma waffling irks Guam
  Islanders in limbo, no say on plans for their fate made from afar
  By KAKUMI KOBAYASHI and HIDENORI TAJIMA
  (Kyodo News)
  HAGATNA, Guam — Guam has been frustrated by the indecision of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama over the stalled plan to relocate U.S. Marines from Okinawa to the U.S. territory as well as its limited political influence over the issue. [Also published as: Kyodo FOCUS: Guam jittery on Hatoyama's indecision on U.S. base, March 27, 2010.]
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• [JT EDITORIAL]
  Uphold defense principles
  A private advisory panel of experts for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has started discussions on a new defense program outline, which will serve as the basic guidelines for the nation's defense policy. The coming defense program outline will be the fourth, following those adopted in 1976, 1995 and 2004.
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