Defense minister thanks Gunma village over Osprey exercise

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) shows his appreciation to Shinto Mayor Narumi Akuzawa at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on June 24, 2014, for the decision by the village assembly in Gunma Prefecture to accept a Japan-U.S. joint exercise involving MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft.

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