UNITED STATES: JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KEIZO OBUCHI ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON FOR SUMMIT MEETING WITH U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

Record ID: 338451

  • Title: UNITED STATES: JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KEIZO OBUCHI ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON FOR SUMMIT MEETING WITH U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
  • Date: 2nd May 1999
  • Summary: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND (MAY 2, 1999) (REUTERS) 1. LV SOLDIERS STANDING IN FRONT OF PLANE WITH JAPANESE AND UNITED STATES FLAGS 0.05 2. CU JAPANESE FLAG 0.07 3. SLV JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KEIZO OBUCHI WALKS DOWN STEPS 0.18 4. VARIOUS OBUCHI WALKING ON RED CARPET/ WAVES HAND/ ENTERS LIMOUSINE 1.21 5. SLV LIMOUSINE DRIVES
  • Embargoed: 17th May 1999 13:00
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  • Location: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA2M2ESIZT2MI3D5J7MH4ZLCW82
  • Story Text: Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi has arrived in
    Washington for a summit with U.S.President Bill Clinton.

    Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's plane touched
    down at Andrews Air Force Base on Sunday morning (May 2), one
    day before the Prime Minister is scheduled to meet President
    Clinton at a Washington summit.

    On Saturday (May 1) in Chicago, Prime Minister Obuchi said
    he was not considering calling a snap election and wanted to
    take steps to boost corporate competitiveness and address
    Japan's rising jobless rate as fast as possible.

    Some Japanese ruling party politicians have suggested that
    Obuchi might call an election for the Lower House before an
    October 2000 deadline to cement the party's grip on power
    before a possible worsening of the economy later this year.

    The U.S.has been pressing Japan to ensure that its economy
    recovers while lecturing it on the need to deregulate and
    carry out structural economic reforms.

    Both messages are likely to be heard again when Clinton
    meets Obuchi on Monday, although Japanese diplomats insist the
    meeting will not be acrimonious.


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