The Japan Times Weekly 8

★【Defense needs made Osprey plan inevitable】
  Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima cut a gloomy figure Oct. 1 as he watched six MV-22 Ospreys arrive at the Futenma air station in the city of Ginowan.

【防衛のために避けられないオスプレイ配備】
　1日、仲井眞沖縄県知事は宜野湾市内の普天間空港に６機のＭＶ２２オスプレイが到着したのを見て、悲観の姿を見せた。


★Summary
  The central goverment nonetheless has to ensure that the deploymant is carried out because of the security alliance with America. However this security is needed more than ever. Japan has many international problem, especially Senkakus problem is very serious problem. So we have no other choice to comply as much as possible with requests from America for our defenses.


★Reflection
  This problrm is delicate and difficult. There still a lot of opponents about the deployment of Osprey in Okinawa because Osprey has not  guaranteed that it is reliable yet, so the central government should debate deeply about Ospreys with opponents in Okinawa.


★Vocabulary
inevitable : 避けられない grim-faced : 暗い表情の deployment ; 配備 controversial ; 議論の多い
security alliance ; 安全保障同盟 comply ; 応じる dubbed ; 呼ばれる low-atitude 低空の


★Reference
The Japan Times Weekly, October 13, 2012