Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe (2nd from front) meets with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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