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Japanese Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, left, chief of the Japanese Self Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shake hands at the Japanese Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, April 26, 2013.

DEFENSE HANDSHAKE

Japanese Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, left, chief of the Japanese Self Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shake hands at the Japanese Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, April 26, 2013.

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