There are dissident voices being raised in Japan over the recently announced US military realignment inside that country. A poll undertaken by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper shows 14 local assemblies inside the country have or will adopt resolutions critical of the bilateral agreement and planned realignment. (DR, 11/01/05) Local governments believe Tokyo has neglected to consider their concerns, including noise levels and night flying.
In the final few hours before the Senate adjourned for its Memorial Day recess on May 26, lawmakers approved a raft of some 3,400 pending military nominations, including a number of high-profile Air Force and Space Force generals to assignments that will significantly reshape some of the upper echelons of…