(Adds report of agreement in sixth paragraph) Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and Japan will agree to move thousands of Marines to Guam from Okinawa as the Obama administration cuts costs and bypasses a stalled base relocation agreement that has frayed bi

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States agreed on Wednesday to decouple the transfer of thousands of U.S. Marines to Guam from the southern Japan island of Okinawa from plans to relocate a base on Okinawa, a step forward in resolving an irritant in

(Updates with comments from Pentagon in eighth paragraph.) Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and Japan agreed to move thousands of Marines to Guam from Okinawa in a cost-cutting move that circumvents a disputed base relocation agreement that has frayed bila

TOKYO — Japan and the United States will announce a revised plan Wednesday to move thousands of Marines to Guam from Okinawa. The plan circumvents a stalled base relocation as the Obama administration cuts military spending. "We are preparing to announce

If the U.S. wants to isolate the Islamic Republic, it will need Tokyo's help. But are they able to give it? Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama with U.S. President Barack Obama at the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington / Reuters Cutting off Ir

The Fukushima No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant, below, and No. 1 plant are pictured in this aerial photo taken from a Mainichi helicopter. (Mainichi) In 1997, in the midst of the international negotiations that would eventually result in the Kyoto Protocol, the