Japan and the United States began a meeting Monday of senior diplomatic and defense officials to discuss the realignment of U.S. forces in Okinawa.
The two-day meeting through Tuesday in Tokyo is intended to map out the specifics of how to redeploy U.S. Marines based in Okinawa to Guam.
Japan and the United States are now in talks to review the 2006 road map on the realignment of forces in Okinawa under a bilateral security accord.