Japan's PM Yoshihiko Noda visiting the US to boost ties.Washington, April 30 (BNA BNA Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.BNA Birds of North America BNA block numbering area (US Census) BNA British North America BNA Banco Nacional de Angola (National Bank of Angola) ) --- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is meeting United States President Barack Obama in Washington to boost the alliance between the two countries. His visit comes amid tension over North Korea's recent rocket launch and just days after both nations announced a new deal over US troops in Okinawa - a controversial issue between the allies. Under the agreement, the US will move some 9,000 Marines out of Japan, BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. reported. The two countries would also consider setting up joint training bases. The first permanent joint bases could be established in Guam or the nearby Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (märēä`nä), commonwealth associated with the United States (2005 est. pop. 80,400), c.185 sq mi (479 sq km), comprising 16 islands (6 inhabited) of the Marianas chain (all except Guam), in the W Pacific . This would mean an expansion of Tokyo's role in regional security and be hugely symbolic for Japan, which has been in a pacifist role since the end of World War II, analysts say. EM Publishing Rights Reserved to Bahrain News Agency 2003 - 2012 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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