First in a series on the Nov. 19 Okinawa gubernatorial election
OSAKA -- Last November, during a visit to Kyoto for talks with then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, U.S. President George W. Bush was asked by reporters about the agreement the two countries had just signed to realign the U.S. bases in Japan.
Bush responded by looking directly at Koizumi and saying that Japan had promised to carry out the realignment plans, and that the United States expected Japan to keep its promise.