Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to Gen Nakatani, Japan's Minister of Defense, about the relationship between III MEF and the Okinawan people, March 26, 2016, at the Butler Officer's Club, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Nakatani was accompanied by a contingent from the Japan Ministry of Defense, including Joel Ehrendreich, Akihiko Nakashima, Haruo Morita, Hirofumi Takeda, Kazunori Inoue, Atsuo Suzuki and Yuichi Kosugi. Ehrendreich is the consul general at the U.S. Consulate in Naha, Japan; Nakashima is the director general of the Bureau of Local Cooperation; Morita is the director of the Okinawa Coordination Division, Bureau of Local Cooperation; Takeda is the press secretary for the Minister’s Secretariat; Inoue is the director general of the Okinawa Defense Bureau; Suzuki is the deputy director general of the Bureau of Defense Policy; and Kosugi is the secretary for the MOD. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Nelson B. Duenas/ Released)