Minju Joson Tuesday says this in a bylined commentary:

This is a unanimous reflection of the Okinawa residents not to allow the existence of the U.S. military base in Japan.

The most of the U.S. armed forces in Japan are found in Okinawa. Therefore, the residents have suffered intolerable misfortune and sufferings for decades.

What merits a serious attention is the stand of the government authorities toward the misfortune and sufferings the people in the prefecture are subjected to by the U.S. forces.

Japan's chief executive made public a letter on this year's anniversary of the return of Okinawa to the Japan proper where he disclosed his intention to keep the U.S. base in Japan, asserting that "the Japan-U.S. security system has an important role to play".

It is a real design of Japan's ruling forces to keep the U.S. forces in Japan and remain in power in disregard of whether the people suffer misfortune, pain and humiliation or not.

To claim to prevent the crimes and ease the burden of the residents is just as letting the thief in as long as the U.S. forces are allowed to stay.

The U.S. forces are the chieftain of all the misfortune and sufferings in the Northeast Asian region including the Korean Peninsula.

The best way for the peaceful life of people and stability in the region is to pull out the U.S. forces.