THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 22, 2021 at 15:20 JST
Gen. Koji Yamazaki, left, the chief of staff of the Joint Staff, after an October 2020 news conference aboard the destroyer Kaga. He is pictured with Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of U.S. Forces Japan. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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