TOKYO: US President Barack Obama urged Japan's new centre-left government on Tuesday to keep a pact allowing US bases on its territory, as both sides laid the groundwork for his visit to Tokyo this week. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia
from Channel NewsAsia on Tue, Nov 10 2009
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