Japanese islanders stage mass rally against US base

People gather at a rally against U.S. Marines' Futenma airbase at Yomitan village on Japan's southern island of Okinawa April 25, 2010. Residents gathered in Okinawa one day after media reported Tokyo was moving towards accepting major parts of a 2006 deal to move the U.S. Marines' Futenma airbase from the centre of a city to a less populated part of Okinawa. The characters in the bottom reads "Futenma airbase must move off from the country and Okinawa." [Photo/Agencies]