US, Japan to keep US military base in Okinawa
from AP Top International News At 5:48 a... by By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA
TOKYO (AP) -- Washington and Tokyo agreed Friday to keep a contentious U.S. Marine base in the southern island of Okinawa, reaffirming the importance of their security alliance and the need to maintain American troops in Japan....
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