on thursday the presiding judge at the fukuoka high court's branch in okinawa ruled that the residentsave suffered mental pain from the noise and has disturbed their sleep, conversations, and tv viewing. he ordered an increase in compensation, citing the government's failure to take substantial measures to reduce noise pollution, even though the resident suffering has increased since a u.s. marine helicopter crashed inside a nearby university campus six years ago. he added that a limitation on flights after 10:00 p.m. based on an anti-noise agreement has not been observed. however, he upheld the lower court ruling that dismissed the plaintiffs' claim for a suspension of nighttime flights, saying that japan has no law that can limit the activities of u.s. forces. >> translator: i thank the court for its thorough investigation of the dangers of futenma. however, we couldn't realize a ban on night flights, which was our main demand. we will now bring the issue to the supreme court. >>> in japan's traditional kabuki theater actor matsumoto koshito has accomplished the feat of staging the c

futenma air base in okinawa, among other issues. >>> the u.s. congress has given final approval to sweeping financial regulatory reforms, one of president barack obama's key policy goals. obama is expected to soon sign the bill into law. the legislation will put in place the most drastic overhaul of the u.s. financial system since the 1930s. on thursday, the senate voted 60-39 on the bill. it was passed by the house of representatives last month. the reforms are intended to avoid a recurrence of the global financial crisis. they include a uniform oversight of the financial industry, bringing major security companies and insurance firms, as well as banks, under the watch of the authorities. they also create a new federal agency to protect consumers purchasing complex financial commodities. the bill also imposes limits on financial institutions in dealing with high-risk products. obama spoke to reporters on thursday in washington. >> the united states congress has now passed a wall street reform bill that will bring greater economic security to fa

we have 15,000 marines on okinawa. most people thought the marines left okinawa when john wayne died. i don't know why we have 15,000 marines in okinawa, we don't need them there. "the new york times" had an interesting article a month ago about how the europeans have benefited from the fact that we are their military shelter. so they have military budgets. we're not talking about poor countries now. the netherlands, denmark, germany, they have military budgets as a percentage of their economies are worth. i don't know what they're worried about. if i were they, i wouldn't feel frightened. so they get row techive america, fine. it's time to scale back on military reach. that's the attitude this notion of being the world's policemen is the reason we went into iraq. there weren't weapons of mass destruction there. sadaam hussein is a terrible. so are other guys. we don't have the ability to go and throw out bad presidents. >> charlie: one last question before you go. the president's rate, and the judgment about his leade

the tropical depression continuing to pump in a lot of heavy rain and into the okinawa islands of japan as well. areas to the south and south southeastern asia will experience heavy thundershowers over the next 24 hours into indochina. this will lead to a southwestern monsoon. you can see some of the figures easily exceedingly 100 millimeters across parts of vietnam and ty landhailathailan. watch out for landslides. 30 degrees in hong kong. 34 in tokyo. beijing at 35 for your daytime high. let's head to north america. we're watching some severe thunderstorms to erupt tonight across central canada and into the northern plains of the usa today. anything from thunderstorms to tornadoes are possible. and then also down in the southeast, you can see lots of heavy rain developing here. that will help to cool things down in the area on your tuesday. across the midwest, looking much calmer and drier. for the southwest, look for unsettled conditions to start up today. quite windy across much of the western side of the u.s. 36 degrees in denver. in houston, 31. in the northeast, 33 in new york. 3

the most important issue here is okinawa, where 75% of the u.s. bases is concentrated. we have to continue to alleviate, lessen the burden, on the okinawan people. there is a marine base. we are now agreeing to move it to north of the island, and also to leave other burdens as well -- impacts as well. remember, prime minister hatoyama said that he will try to come up with a conclusion by may 31. a lot of people said that this was very difficult, but he tried his best and made an agreement at least with the united states on may 28. the japanese cabinet endorsed it. there is an agreement, and the prime minister who succeeded prime minister hatoyama said that he will work on the basis of the agreement made may 28 and will continue to ask the united states to cooperate to lessen the burden on okinawan people. the u.s. base issue -- i would like to just make one point about this. towards the beginning of this year, there were some people saying that, hey, this is one base issue. it is not of primary importance. there are a lot more important issues to discuss as well. i don'

they have lost many opportunities. >> i have spent seven years in okinawa. india is coming and up and it is becoming industrialized. how do you see the japanese- india relationship? and how about the trial of japan, india, and the u.s.? >> it is also a very important partner. that is one of the biggest recipient of our assistance, our loans. i have done myself and discussed the possibility of large-scale projects as well. we have talked about transportation between mumbai as well.ehli india has a huge potential, as you say, and, like china, we want to cooperate with india. it is the biggest democracy in the world and we respect their country very much. >> this will be the last question. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. a brief follow-up on iran, i know that japan was attempting to make an offer or did make an offer to iran, similar to the russian offer, and one that is being pursued by turkey and brazil to take in the nuclear material and reprocessing it and returning it. can you comment on that and where it stands and have you viewed the current turkish propos

my amendment which was asking to restore funding for the relocation of american forces away from okinawa to guam as requested by president obama. i think it is a major mistake that this body is not going to support the president's request for relocation of american forces. as a member of the armed services committee and a member that represents a large portion of the pacific fleet in hawaii, i support realignment from oak that roy and guam -- okinawa and guam in h.r. 4822. the guam realignment would be one of the largest moves of military forces in over a decade. postponement of construction of infrastructure will cause unnecessary delay and threats in our geopolitical positions in the asia pacific region. my amendment was also completely offset by relocating funds from military construction requests that were put above what president obama had asked for. mr. speaker and members, i want to highlight to this body that right now as all of us talk two days ago the united states armed forces began the largest war game operation in the korean peninsula in the yellow sea since the end of the c

guam -- contra bution for the guam infrastructure improvements and to the movement of marines from okinawa. the letter addressed the implementations of japan's commitment to support the marines to guam under the 2009 guam international agreement. there's been no discussion between the two governments on increasing japan's financial commitments under the guam international agreement which are approximate, as i think you know, $6 billion. >> is this the kind of letter you're expecting a reply from the japanese government? >> i haven't seen the letter. usually correspondence is met with a reply. i don't know what the expect ation was when this was sent, it was like hey, we had a meeting, here is my understanding, does it jibe with yours? we'll have to find out if there was a response received or if there was an expectation of a response when it was sent. yes, go ahead. [inaudible] >> the meeting here in washington, what is it about the confrontation, is it to decide a single specific plan by the end of august, or do you agree to provide several options -- [inaudible] >> no, i think this is al

. -- wanted to have okinawa's territory given back. that was not accepted by the u.s. that to take some action, and they had been promised that they would return the base to japan. the marines, you know, they do whatever they won, they offend the population, and there was a promise and it was not met. the u.s. has not met this. the defense of japan defense on sophisticated weapons from the united states. that means the japanese have already experienced to nuclear explosions -- two nuclear explosions. they are fearful of any nuclear development on the part of north korea. the men said you cannot resign. that was a party that had a lot of support from the people. they were from the same party, but that the same promise. the relationship and one point that is out of question -- the japanese, north koreans, that they have the speakers and the first line and some years ago they agreed not to use them, not to put them in place again. the flagship of south koreans -- they were installing the speaker's. the russians had to respond. this was manufactured by the russians at the

that my late father-in-law, state representative julian dusenberry who was a hero of the battle of okinawa was shot by a sniper, but he continued his service from the wheelchair in the statehouse of south carolina. i have always appreciated your courage and want to join with congressman kennedy to recognize your churge and courage to serve. thank you, god bless you. . the friday front page headline of hilton head, south carolina, highlights the legit concerns of -- legitimate concerns of a tax hike. since the stimulus bill became law, 2.4 million americans have lost their jobs. the promise of unemployment not to exceed 8% was broken as unemployment soared to 8%. the failed borrow and spend tax policy cry out for where are the jobs. we need both parties to promote small business creation. president kennedy cut taxes and jobs grew. president reagan cut taxes and more jobs were created. republicans have offered positive alternatives using the proven policies from both parties which actually promote jobs. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global