Japan's defense chief heads to U.S. for troop realignment talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga (C) leaves Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on April 21 for Washington to talk with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about Japan's share of the cost of relocating 8,000 U.S. Marines to Guam.

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