ambassador to japan, john roos, and local representatives.oda used his speech to stress his government's efforts to strengthen okinawa's economy and said he's committed to change. >> translator: i'm fully aware of the heavy burden u.s. military facilities are imposing on people in okinawa. i reiterate my determination to reduce the burden on the prefecture quickly, visibly, and specifically while maintaining the deterrents. >> the remarks by u.s. ambassador to japan john roos touched on the impact the military presence has had in okinawa. >> as it has in the past, our alliance continues to be indispensable to our future, and we, as americans, recognize the sacrifices the people of okinawa have made to keep this critical alliance strong. >> for many islanders, the return of okinawa offers the promise of stability and basic human rights under the japanese constitution, however, some also say it marked the beginning of another age of hardship. nhk world met with a man who led a protest movement in the 1990s aimed at getting american military bas

are expected to attend the event, including japanese prime minister yoshihiko noda, nakayma and john roos. for many islanders, the return of okinawa offers the promise of stability and basic human rights under the japanese constitution. however, many also say it marked the beginning of another age of hardship. nhk world's tohomako met with the former okinawa governor who led the bases out movement of the 1990s. he told us how he sees the current situation of the islands since their return. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: now 86 years old, he served out the okinawan governor from 1990 to 1998. after surviving the war, he devoted himself to studies at universities in okinawa, tokyo and the united states to try and understand why his islands had to make such a great sacrifice. during his tenure as governor, the oak gnaw wan people's anti-u.s. sentiment exploded after the rape of a teenage girl by three u.s. marine soldiers. in 1996, after a series of negotiations with the pentagon and tokyo, he won a concession. the u.s. agreed to withdraw from bases from okinawa, including the notoriou

and there are a lot of voracious readers out there in john roos, and romance readers, they will read a book a day. and really i'm not exaggerating. so that's what they are thinking. to go back to the earlier point, to keep the eyeballs on the books and not let their mind to go somewhere else. >> the justice department was suing google -- >> apple. >> right. why not, why have they not look at amazon with its anti-competitive practices and its strong-arming of publishers? do you have a clue that you can depart? >> why they sued apple and the five publishers, because they saw in many ways an old-fashioned price-fixing case, prices that have been $9.99, thanks amazon, are now $14.99. there's no -- well, 95% of publishers think that the justice department is crazy. but i talked about the people, why can't you go after amazon predatory pricing, can't really prove it. it was an easy case to make against apple. how far it will actually go, i don't know. i mean, penguin and mcmillan are fighting it. it will be an interesting battle. all i can really -- >> this is one of the big challenges of