U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past.

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