Japan-U.S. 'sakura' alliance

Japan-U.S. 'sakura' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Gen. Yoshifumi Hibako (L), chief of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and Gen. George Casey, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, shake hands at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2010, after a ''sakura'' tree planting ceremony. Hibako said he hoped bilateral relations will grow like the symbolic tree of Japan.

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