Posted on 10/29/2009 4:19:14 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama reiterated Thursday his government will "comprehensively review" the Japan-U.S. alliance but added it will continue to deepen the bilateral ties in a "multilayered" way.
"As I have repeatedly said, the Japan-U.S. alliance is the cornerstone of Japan's foreign policy," Hatoyama said during a House of Councillors plenary session.
But he said his government, which took power in mid-September, will comprehensively review the entire status of the alliance on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the revision of the bilateral security treaty next year.
"Through the review and in a mid- to long-term perspective, we will deepen the ties in a multilayered way," the leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan said.
He made the comments after Yoshimasa Hayashi, an opposition Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, accused the government of having sent "wrong messages" to the United States, Japan's closest ally, and urged him to establish a solid policy on the U.S. base issue and the shape of the U.S. troops in Japan before U.S. President Barack Obama visits the country on Nov. 12-13.
Hatoyama told reporters later in the day that what he meant by "reviewing the alliance" was to look into various pending issues between the two countries, as his DPJ, which had been in opposition until very recently, has yet to grasp all the information concerned.
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Top U.S. military commander in Japan says Kadena option difficult+
Kyoto via Breitbart ^ | October 29, 2009 | N/A
Posted on October 29, 2009 7:14:15 AM EDT by Jet Jaguar
Hatoyama eyes cutback on U.S. military-related expenses+
Kyoto via Breitbart ^ | October 29, 2009 | N/A
Posted on October 29, 2009 6:52:35 AM EDT by Jet Jaguar
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Only a couple of years ago, it was completely opposite.
It’s OK, even good.
It should make China a bit worried. ( India on one side, muslims and angry workers inside, holding a bunch of paper US notes, Japan and Korea getting more ....nationalistic..and the US Navy steaming away.)
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