250,000 people visit U.S. Iwakuni base on friendship day

250,000 people visit U.S. Iwakuni base on friendship day

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Visitors to the U.S. marine base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture watch as a U.S. fighter takes off as part of Japan-U.S. Friendship Day events at the base on May 5. About 250,000 people visited the base on the day, according to U.S. military officials.

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