Greenwich thus became established as the location of the prime meridian of longitude, and the base line for calculating time zones around the world.

由此格林威治不仅作为起初子午线的所在地，也成为全球计算时区的基准线。

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Five days later Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's then prime minister, resigned, in part because of his broken promise to the people of Okinawa to move the base off the island altogether.

五天后，当时的日本首相鸠山由纪夫(Yukio Hatoyama)辞职，部分原因就是他没有履行与冲绳居民把军事基地完全搬离该岛的承诺。

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The new government of Yukio Hatoyama, the prime minister, is keen to review a bilateral agreement reached in 2006 that would relocate the base within Okinawa.

日本新任首相鸠山由纪夫急于重新审订2006年达成的关于如何安置冲绳岛美军基地的协议。

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The US is keen to move the plan for the new base forward and new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is looking to consolidate ties with Washington.

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