JAPAN: U.S. Secretary of State meets with Japanese Prime Minister, praises alliance
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465498
JAPAN: U.S. Secretary of State meets with Japanese Prime Minister, praises alliance
- Title: JAPAN: U.S. Secretary of State meets with Japanese Prime Minister, praises alliance
- Date: 22nd May 2010
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (MAY 21, 2010) (REUTERS) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON WALKING INTO JAPANESE PREMIER'S OFFICE VARIOUS OF CLINTON SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YUKIO HATOYAMA CLINTON AND HATOYAMA TAKING SEATS HATOYAMA TALKING CLINTON AND HATOYAMA TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON SAYING: "We've had a successful 50-year alliance, and we want to work together to ensure that the next 50 years are just as positive." JAPANESE DELEGATES SEATED AT THE BILATERAL
- Embargoed: 6th June 2010 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Japan
- Country: Japan
- Topics: International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVA1VZGV9BQL84BQ237J11SH3MRD
- Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo, lauds Japan alliance.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday (May 21) and lauded the U.S /Japanese alliance.
Clinton was on her first stop during her one-week trip to East Asia that is built around strategic and economic talks with China and will conclude with a brief visit to Seoul on Wednesday (May 26).
During her meeting with Hatoyama at the premier's office in Tokyo, Clinton stressed that the 50-year-old alliance was solid.
"We've had a successful 50-year alliance, and we want to work together to ensure that the next 50 years are just as positive," Clinton told Hatoyama.
A feud over the U.S. Marines' Futenma airbase on Japan's Okinawa island has distracted the allies as they try to cope with an unpredictable North Korea and a rising China.
Japanese voter perception that Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has mishandled the issue is eroding support before a mid-year election his party needs to win to avoid policy paralysis.
Before the meeting, Clinton held a joint news conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, where she "strongly condemned" North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean naval ship.
South Korea accused the North on Thursday (May 20) of torpedoing one of its warships, heightening tension in the economically powerful region and testing the international position of China, Pyongyang's only major backer.
The United States, which has about 28,000 troops stationed in the South following the 1950-53 Korean War, said it stood ready to help South Korea defend itself against any further "acts of aggression." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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