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The workforces for three top-tier commands in Japan are still working from alternate locations more than three weeks after a fire forced them to vacate their headquarters building at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
Personnel with U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force worked from alternate locations Friday after a fire struck their building the night before at this airlift hub in western Tokyo.
President Joe Biden has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Stephen F. Jost to take command of U.S. Forces Japan, according to a Pentagon news release Monday.
The U.S. and Japan will announce a historic upgrade to security ties as the two former adversaries move closer together in determination to counter China.
Army helicopters will deliver supplies to an earthquake-devastated area of central Japan, the U.S. military said.