Mass rally in Okinawa against new US aircraft

A mass protest against the deployment of a 'new''model of US military aircraft took place in Okinawa earlier today. Japan is also engaged in territorial and/or history dispute with South Korea, China and Russia. Separately, Japan and South Korea are military allies of America, but South Korea doesn''t allow Japanese forces to operate on its territory. Meanwhile, it is often pointed out or argued that South Korea,''Japan and the US face North Korea as a "common threat" 'in Northeast Asia.