The United States and South Korea, which both participated in earlier rounds of six-party negotiations, along with Russia, China and Japan, dismissed that proposal as nothing new.

美国和韩国都认为这项提议并不是什么新鲜事。这两个国家以及俄罗斯、中国和日本参加了前几轮六方会谈。

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The country's presumptive new Prime Minister Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama - has called for a review of the bases agreement and the closure of the Futenma facility altogether.

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The important question raised here is: Is there a vacuum in political leadership in Japan that a new party can fill?

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