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Second Round of Consultations on the Agreement to Supplement the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) on Environmental Stewardship

March 25, 2014

1. The second round of consultations toward producing a framework further addressing environmental stewardship including an agreement to supplement the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) will be held in Tokyo on March 27.

2. The meeting will be attended by, from the Japanese side, Mr. Kimitake Nakamura, Director for Japan-U.S. SOFA Division from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chief Negotiator) and representatives from other relevant Ministries, and from the U.S. side, representatives from the Department of Defense and other relevant departments.


(* 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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