Visit to Japan by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta

October 21, 2011
Japanese

The Honorable Leon E. Panetta, Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, will visit Japan from October 24 to 26.
During his stay, on October 25, Secretary Panetta will pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and hold a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba as well as a meeting with Minister of Defense Yasuo Ichikawa among other events.

(*The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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