Scope of U.S. Military Personnel to be Reduced
Expanding the Scope of Trial on the Japanese Side
July 5, 2016, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd R) and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (4th R) hold talks with U.S. Forces in Japan commander John Dolan and U.S. ambassador to Japan Carline Kennedy at the Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Japan and U.S. agreed to narrow the status of forces agreement (SOFA) accountability for the U.S. service members, following the arrest of an American employee in the military service in Okinawa over the murder of a local woman. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) LWX -ytd-