Japanese foreign minister visits Hawaii for talks with Clinton
By Associated Press
January 11, 2010 | 1:27 p.m.
HONOLULU (AP) — The Japanese foreign minister is visiting Hawaii for talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base in Okinawa.
Katsuya Okada is meeting with military leaders at the U.S. Pacific Command on Monday. He's also paying his respects at Punchbowl, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
He will meet Clinton on Tuesday and discuss the fate of the U.S. Marine Corps airfield at Futenma in Okinawa.