The United States is urging Japan to speed up talks on implementing a plan to move a U.S. military base and build new runways as part of a deal that would reduce the number of Marines in Japan, media reported Sunday. The plan to relocate the base on... ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Sun, Jan 27 2008
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