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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, September 24, 2001

Aloha for an ally

Advertiser Staff

U.S. Pacific Command
Adm. Dennis C. Blair, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, greets Gen. Shoji Takegouchi, chairman of the Joint Staff Council of the Japan Self Defense Force.

The two met at Camp Smith in 'Aiea, where Blair thanked Takegouchi, the most senior officer in the Japan Self Defense Force, for Japan's offer of support for the United States' campaign against terrorism.

Japan is host to nearly 70,000 U.S. troops, who represent the bulk of the U.S. military presence in Asia.