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Japan not to simply extend refueling mission in Jan.: Hatoyama+
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he has no intention of simply extending the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean after the law
authorizing it expires in January and that his government is looking to help the Afghan people in a way that can satisfy them as well as the United States.
''I would like to carry out support steps (for Afghanistan) that are most
desired,'' Hatoyama said during a press conference in Pittsburgh, where he took
part in a Group of 20 financial summit, adding that such humanitarian support
as vocational training could be possible.
On the issue of relocating some U.S. forces in Japan, Hatoyama said, ''I
understand that no minute can be wasted when we think about sentiment in
Okinawa.''
''I will find an answer within a certain time frame, taking into consideration
feelings of people in the prefecture as well,'' he said.
After talks with U.S. President Barack Obama in New York on Wednesday, Hatoyama
said the relocation issue did not come up in the meeting.
But he reiterated the next day that he still aims to move the U.S. Marine
Corps' Futemma Air Station facility in Okinawa out of the prefecture, a
proposal that will go against a bilateral Japan-U.S. agreement to move it
within the prefecture.
''We can find a solution that could benefit both, while we are comprehensively
reviewing the issues and nurturing relations based on trust,'' he said at the
Friday press conference that wrapped up his six-day trip to the United States.
He said one of the concerns of this trip was whether he could build relations
of trust with Obama, and said that he believes he was able to.
Concerning his pledge to aim to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 25 percent from
1990 levels by 2020, he said he can gain understanding from businesses and
those skeptical of the viability of the target or are opposed to the ambitious
goal. He added he is confident that Japan can achieve the goal with its
state-of-the-art technologies.
The 62-year-old Democratic Party of Japan chief said he received messages and
applause from world leaders for making a ''bold'' promise.
''If we don't make good on this promise, as a result, we will face a situation
in which human life is threatened or the existence of human is threatened,'' he
said. ''I am fully confident (in achieving the goal).''
The visit to the two U.S. cities was his first diplomatic trip as prime
minister since he was sworn in Sept. 16. He was in New York earlier this week,
where he attended U.N. meetings and had bilateral meetings with U.S. President
Obama and other foreign leaders.
The DPJ won a historic victory in the Aug. 30 election for the House of
Representatives, wresting power from the Liberal Democratic Party that had
ruled Japan for more than half a century since its founding in 1955.
==Kyodo
authorizing it expires in January and that his government is looking to help the Afghan people in a way that can satisfy them as well as the United States.
''I would like to carry out support steps (for Afghanistan) that are most
desired,'' Hatoyama said during a press conference in Pittsburgh, where he took
part in a Group of 20 financial summit, adding that such humanitarian support
as vocational training could be possible.
On the issue of relocating some U.S. forces in Japan, Hatoyama said, ''I
understand that no minute can be wasted when we think about sentiment in
Okinawa.''
''I will find an answer within a certain time frame, taking into consideration
feelings of people in the prefecture as well,'' he said.
After talks with U.S. President Barack Obama in New York on Wednesday, Hatoyama
said the relocation issue did not come up in the meeting.
But he reiterated the next day that he still aims to move the U.S. Marine
Corps' Futemma Air Station facility in Okinawa out of the prefecture, a
proposal that will go against a bilateral Japan-U.S. agreement to move it
within the prefecture.
''We can find a solution that could benefit both, while we are comprehensively
reviewing the issues and nurturing relations based on trust,'' he said at the
Friday press conference that wrapped up his six-day trip to the United States.
He said one of the concerns of this trip was whether he could build relations
of trust with Obama, and said that he believes he was able to.
Concerning his pledge to aim to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 25 percent from
1990 levels by 2020, he said he can gain understanding from businesses and
those skeptical of the viability of the target or are opposed to the ambitious
goal. He added he is confident that Japan can achieve the goal with its
state-of-the-art technologies.
The 62-year-old Democratic Party of Japan chief said he received messages and
applause from world leaders for making a ''bold'' promise.
''If we don't make good on this promise, as a result, we will face a situation
in which human life is threatened or the existence of human is threatened,'' he
said. ''I am fully confident (in achieving the goal).''
The visit to the two U.S. cities was his first diplomatic trip as prime
minister since he was sworn in Sept. 16. He was in New York earlier this week,
where he attended U.N. meetings and had bilateral meetings with U.S. President
Obama and other foreign leaders.
The DPJ won a historic victory in the Aug. 30 election for the House of
Representatives, wresting power from the Liberal Democratic Party that had
ruled Japan for more than half a century since its founding in 1955.
==Kyodo
