Japan PM vows to pursue more equal ties with US
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
TOKYO, Jan 4 (AFP): Japan's prime minister pledged Monday to pursue more equal relations with the United States as Tokyo seeks to defuse a row with its close ally over where to move an American military base.
"It's important to show that Japan and the United States are in a relationship in which we need each other," Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said in a televised new year address.
Japan should avoid a situation where "we just give up what we want to say only because it's difficult, or where one simply obeys the other," he said.
"It's important to show that Japan and the United States are in a relationship in which we need each other," Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said in a televised new year address.
Japan should avoid a situation where "we just give up what we want to say only because it's difficult, or where one simply obeys the other," he said.