Japan, U.S. hold 1st high-level working group on base issue

Japan, U.S. hold 1st high-level working group on base issue

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (front) enters the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 17 to attend the first high-level working group meeting between Japan and the U.S. to seek an early solution to the thorny issue of relocating a U.S. military airfield in Okinawa.

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