International Business Times
In a joint statement declared on Friday, the United States and Japan have agreed to remove 9,000 American marines from Okinawa...Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Japan ese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka...
Voice of America
The Japanese government is welcoming an agreement with the United States on the redeployment of U.S. marines from Okinawa. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba described the agreement as a positive achievement. He...
Newyork Times
A controversial law that will make it harder for foreign tourists to buy cannabis at the Netherlands ' famous coffee shops has been upheld by a Dutch court. The law, which reverses 40 years of liberal drugs policy in the Netherlands, is targeted at...
Newyork Times
Afghanistan earlier this week, American and Afghan officials revealed late Thursday and on Friday. Afghanistan, the American military said in a statement released Thursday night...A spokesman for the international coalition declined to comment on...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
In a move Washington hopes will ease sometimes fractious relations with Japan, it is pulling out nearly half of the 19,000 US Marines currently stationed in Okinawa, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, in the northern Pacific. "A total of...
Voice of America
Marines will be transferred from a base on the Japanese island of Okinawa is being hailed as a major diplomatic accomplishment. But there are also concerns the actual transfer will be fraught with numerous complications. The revised realignment plan,...