Secretary of Defense Ash Carter meets with children at the Youth Center at Yokota Air Base April 9, 2015. Carter is making the first U.S. Defense Secretary visit to Japan since the snap elections in late December that saw the re-election of the Liberal Democratic Party. Carter is on a visit to the U.S. Pacific Command Area of Responsibility to make observations for the future force and the rebalance to the Pacific. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Hurt/Released)