The Japanese cabinet approved an agreement with Washington to pull 8,000 US troops out of the country but faced renewed domestic criticism that the withdrawal did not go far enough. The most sweeping move of troops in Japan in decades is part of what the US military calls a worldwide “realignment” to respond to new threats including global terrorism. The cabinet approved a plan to pull out 8,000 of the more than 40,000 US troops from Japan, shifting them from the southern island of Okinawa to the US territory of Guam. Full Story