The Japanese government, the Shinzo Abe’s administration and the American government are together on this. They are singing the same song. What the people in Okinawa can do about that is another matter – they can protest, they can raise awareness within Japan, within the US, within the global community. […But] I think the bases are far too important for the Americans to give up. That is a main base to contain China. Apart from this they have the bases in the Pacific, in Guam, and they have the bases in South Korea. But Japan is a main forward base in East Asia.