The Foreign Ministry has not yet confirmed the existence of two of the four alleged Japan-U.S. secret pacts that the ministry is investigating, sources said Thursday.
The two agreements are related to the use of U.S. bases in Japan in the event of a crisis on the Korean Peninsula and the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty from U.S. control.
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