The DPJ threatened to change comfortable old arrangements, whereby the US could more or less tell the Japanese what to do. As a result, the US showed little patience with Japan on the question of Okinawa, and has barely concealed its contempt for the DPJ government, feeding popular disappointment with its performance so far.
不过美国人可不买账。于是民主党威胁要修改那些对美国有利的旧协议，不让其再对日本人指手画脚。结果在冲绳问题上美国也没给日本人面子，甚至毫不掩饰其对民主党政府的蔑视。以至于民众对民主党大失所望。