英语文摘：Japan's Kagoshima stages rally to protest U.S. base relocation

However, the mayors made it abundantly clear to the prime minister and president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) that they remain unequivocally opposed to Hatoyama's repeated request for them to sign off on his plan for Tokunoshima to help relieve some of the burden from Okinawa, which plays host to the majority of U.S. military facilities in Japan.