"There were four in the northeastern city of Misawa, " said Chris Havel, a spokesman for Oregon's parks department.

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It is high time that the likes of Daiei, a retailer, Misawa Homes Holdings, a housebuilder, and Sojitz, a trading company, were cast adrift.

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That is anathema to the Americans, who fear that any talk of time limits at Nago could trigger demands for similar deadlines at the Misawa and Yokota air bases and the Yokosuka naval station in mainland Japan.

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