US Marines start partial transfer from Japan to Guam 12 years later

TOKYO, Japan: The U.S. Marine Corps has initiated the long-planned relocation of Marines from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed to reduce the burden of American military presence on the southern Japanese island.

According to a joint statement from the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan's Defense Ministry, 100 members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force stationed in Okinawa moved to Gu