U.S. Marine Corps officer visits Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Neil Owens, commanding officer of 3d Battalion 12th Marines in Okinawa, responds to reporters' questions in the town of Shikama, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 3, 2014. He made courtesy calls on the heads of the municipalities concerned ahead of a U.S. artillery live-fire training in the Ground Self-Defense Force's Ojojihara exercise area in Miyagi Prefecture.