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Japanese Gen. Toshiya Okabe (left), Chief of Staff, Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces, is greeted by Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, I Corps commanding general, upon his arrival to Yama Sakura 71, Dec.
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Lieutenant General (LGEN) Charles W. Dyke, commander of US Army, Japan, and IX Corps, talks with a Soldier during Exercise YAMA SAKURA XI | DPLA
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Japanese Gen. Toshiya Okabe (left), Chief of Staff, Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces, conducts an office call with Maj. Gen. James F. Pasquarette, U.S. Army Japan commanding general, during Yama Sakura 71, Dec.
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