Subject: Smoke and Mirrors: US to pull 9,000 Marines from southern Japan Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:33 am
The United States said Friday it would pull 9,000 Marines out of Japan as it seeks to ease a long-running standoff over the future of its huge military presence in one of its top Asian allies.
The redeployment will see the troops sent to Guam, Hawaii and Australia.