The other disappointment has been the government’s failure to get the US to move its Marine airbase out of Okinawa. This promise by the DPJ was meant to be part of Japan’s new assertiveness, a first step away from being a mere “aircraft carrier” for the US, as a former LDP prime minister once described his country.
另一个令民众大失所望的则是新政府无法迫使美国空军基地撤出冲绳。民主党的这项承诺本应是日本新独立自主战略的一部分，只要踏出了第一步，日本就不会再像某位自民党前首相所说的那样，仅仅是美国的一艘“航空母舰”。