Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: US Defense Secretary William Cohen flies into Tokyo on Monday straight into a political storm over a government move to force landowners in Okinawa to continue leasing land to US forces. Protests over the government bill, introduced Friday after the government won the support of the main opposition party, continued Sunday with some 2,500 people braving heavy rain to march in the capital.

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