Japan, US say closing Okinawa base not prerequisite for sending Marines to Guam

8 February 2012, 6:41 am

TOKYO - Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to proceed with plans to transfer thousands of U.S. troops out of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, leaving behind the stalled discussion of the closure of a major U.S. Marine base there.... Read More »

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