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2010 APRIL 27 - MAY 11
JCP Chair Shii goes to the United States Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo met in New York City with United Nations officials and various countries representatives to the NPT Review Conference, calling for creating a consensus for commencement of international negotiations for the abolition of nuclear weapons. He also visited Washington D.C. and explained to U.S. State Department officials that the only way to solve the Futenma base issue is to remove the base without any conditions of transfer.
Japanese peace activists submit signatures to the UN More than 1,500 Japanese grassroots peace activists participated in International Day of Action held on May 2 in New York City on the eve of the NPT Review Conference. They submitted to the United Nations nearly 7 million signatures calling for a world without nuclear weapons.
Hatoyamafs breach of promise arouses anger Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio visited Okinawa Prefecture to announce the plan to transfer the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station functions to another location in the prefecture as well as to Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. The prime ministerfs breach of public promise in the last general election campaign has aroused anger in Okinawa and met strong opposition from Tokunoshima islanders.
