World IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Defense Secretary to Visit Japan, S. Korea
From Times Wire Reports
Defense Secretary William J. Perry will visit Japan and South Korea for three days beginning Sunday to discuss bilateral and regional security issues, the Pentagon said. The visit is tied to a trip by President Clinton to those countries next week. Perry will discuss the problem of U.S. bases on the island of Okinawa while in Japan, and rising tensions on the Korean peninsula in both nations, defense officials said privately.
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