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Hatoyama spends busy day in New York, meeting with Obama, others
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 Kyodo -
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is on his first diplomatic trip
abroad, held separate meetings Wednesday with U.S. President Barack Obama and
leaders of three other countries, in which he agreed to deepen bilateral
relations under the new administration led by his Democratic Party of Japan.
In the meetings in New York, however, the 62-year-old new Japanese leader did
not take up any potentially controversial issues with Obama or any of the other
leaders -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, South Korean President Lee Myung
Bak and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Hatoyama reassured Obama that the Japan-U.S. alliance remains the cornerstone
of Japan's security policy against a backdrop of concerns both at home and
abroad that a transfer of government to the DPJ from the long-ruling Liberal
Democratic Party could lead to friction between the two countries.
Hatoyama put off discussions on such issues as Japan's refueling mission in
support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan and the relocation
of U.S. forces in Japan to the next meeting with Obama scheduled for November.
Before leaving Japan on Monday, Hatoyama, who has been in office for only a
week, has said that he would rather focus on nurturing personal relations based
on trust during the six-day trip to the United States, and he actually seemed
to have done so.
Neither the territorial dispute with Russia nor historical issues with South
Korea was discussed in detail in Wednesday's meetings.
Hatoyama and the leaders shared the importance of further developing the
current bilateral relations and dealing with a series of global issues in close
coordination.
The leaders also gave him a warm welcome to the world stage, lauding him
particularly for his pledge to aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25
percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, a much more ambitious target than his
predecessor Taro Aso's 8 percent.
He is set to deliver speeches at a U.N. Security Council session on nuclear
disarmament to be hosted by Obama and the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday
before flying to Pittsburgh in the evening to attend a two-day Group of 20
financial summit.
At the summit, the third of its kind, Hatoyama will likely place the greatest
importance on explaining economic policies of the new administration and how it
plans to sustain Japan's nascent recovery.
==Kyodo
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is on his first diplomatic trip
abroad, held separate meetings Wednesday with U.S. President Barack Obama and
leaders of three other countries, in which he agreed to deepen bilateral
relations under the new administration led by his Democratic Party of Japan.
In the meetings in New York, however, the 62-year-old new Japanese leader did
not take up any potentially controversial issues with Obama or any of the other
leaders -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, South Korean President Lee Myung
Bak and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Hatoyama reassured Obama that the Japan-U.S. alliance remains the cornerstone
of Japan's security policy against a backdrop of concerns both at home and
abroad that a transfer of government to the DPJ from the long-ruling Liberal
Democratic Party could lead to friction between the two countries.
Hatoyama put off discussions on such issues as Japan's refueling mission in
support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan and the relocation
of U.S. forces in Japan to the next meeting with Obama scheduled for November.
Before leaving Japan on Monday, Hatoyama, who has been in office for only a
week, has said that he would rather focus on nurturing personal relations based
on trust during the six-day trip to the United States, and he actually seemed
to have done so.
Neither the territorial dispute with Russia nor historical issues with South
Korea was discussed in detail in Wednesday's meetings.
Hatoyama and the leaders shared the importance of further developing the
current bilateral relations and dealing with a series of global issues in close
coordination.
The leaders also gave him a warm welcome to the world stage, lauding him
particularly for his pledge to aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25
percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, a much more ambitious target than his
predecessor Taro Aso's 8 percent.
He is set to deliver speeches at a U.N. Security Council session on nuclear
disarmament to be hosted by Obama and the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday
before flying to Pittsburgh in the evening to attend a two-day Group of 20
financial summit.
At the summit, the third of its kind, Hatoyama will likely place the greatest
importance on explaining economic policies of the new administration and how it
plans to sustain Japan's nascent recovery.
==Kyodo
