Ex-reporter Nishiyama, U.S. expert Halperin in symposium

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), the former Mainichi Shimbun reporter who uncovered the existence of a secret pact on the U.S. return of Okinawa, and Morton Halperin (R), former director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, attend a symposium in Tokyo on May 10, 2014.

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