Already there is a region the size of North American in the sea between Hawaii Japan and the mainland US filled with plastic debris.

在夏威夷、日本和美国大陆之间的洋面中，已经有一块北美洲大小的区域充满了塑料残骸。

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The resulting upward pressure on wages is forcing mainland companies to upgrade to higher-value products, as Japan did in the 1960s and ’70s.

由此产生对于工资上涨的压力，使得大陆的企业升级以生产高附加值的产品，就像日本1960年至1970年所经历的一样。

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But mainland Japanese may now be more sympathetic to the treaty, especially having heard from Mr Obama's own lips how important he believes it is for America 's-and Japan 's-security.

不过日本本土民众可能更倾向于支持该条约，尤其是亲耳听到奥巴马提到在驻军对于美国，日本，尤其是日本安全的重要性。

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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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Japan-Hawaii-Guam is in recession, as is Japan to the mainland U.S. The revenue base is equivalent to AMR and it, too, earns over a billion.

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