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Austin arrives in Tokyo for talks expected to include cooperation on China, North Korea
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives at Yokota Air Base for his first visit to Japan as Pentagon chief, Monday, March 15, 2021.
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By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 15, 2021 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed Monday at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo, marking the first cabinet-level visit to the Far East under President Joe Biden’s administration. Austin met briefly with the commander of U.S. Forces Japan, Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, and his deputy, Marine Brig. Gen. James Wellons, after stepping onto Yokota’s tarmac. The defense secretary then departed in a convoy of official vehicles.
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. TOKYO – U.S. military bases in Japan and South Korea reported five new cases of the coronavirus as of 6 p.m. Friday. Yokota Air Base, the headquarters of 5th Air Force and U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo, had two people test positive between Tuesday and Thursday, according to a base Facebook post. Both were “identified and quarantined” by public health authorities, according to the base, which provided no further information on how they contracted the virus. Close contacts were notified, the post said. Those two are the only patients at Yokota, which last reported new coronavirus cases on Feb. 5.
John Roos, then U.S. Ambassador to Japan, shakes hands with children at Kawamata Minami Elementary School in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2012. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos will never forget spearheading a highly stressful emergency response as the United States lent a helping hand following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
But the thing that stands out most in his mind even after the passing of 10 years is the “incredible strength and resilience” of the people in the Tohoku region, he said.
Roos, at a March 10 virtual event titled, “Remembering March 11, 2011: Looking Back, Looking Forward,” hosted by the U.S.-Japan Council and other organizations, said, “Like everyone else, I have distinct memories of the fateful day.”