Jack & Jill Politics

U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama share a laugh as they arrive for a joint news conference in Tokyo November 13, 2009. Obama arrived in Tokyo on Friday for a summit in which the two allies will seek to ease strained security ties as they adjust to a rising China, set to overtake Japan as the world’s No.2 economy.
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US President Barack Obama greets senior Japanese officials prior to meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (not pictured), at Kantei, the Prime Minister’s office and official residence, in Tokyo, November 13, 2009. Barack Obama set foot in Asia for the first time as US president, arriving in Japan to launch a four-nation tour designed to shore up US power in a region increasingly dominated by rising giant China.
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President Barack Obama, right, introduces members of his staff to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second from right, before their bilateral meeting at Kantei, the prime minister’s official residence, in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Shaking hands with Hatoyama is White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, left, and looking on are White House Senior Advisors, Valerie Jarett, second from left, and David Axelrod.
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Residents from the Japanese town of Obama City in Fukui Prefecture wear ‘happi’ coats and T-shirts emblazoned with “I Love Obama” as they wait from visiting US President Barack Obama to pass in front of them in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. The people of Obama have rallied hard for the US president since his election campaign, creating a hula dance in his honour and distributing “I Love Obama” T-shirts. The western Japan town, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Tokyo, has turned its accidental world fame into a cottage industry, selling presidential souvenirs and snacks, and enjoying a spike in tourism as a result.
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US President Barack Obama bows after speaking at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America’s first “Pacific president”, Obama said the United States did not seek to “contain” China and promised a full US role in charting Asia’s future.
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Residents from the Japanese town of Obama City in Fukui Prefecture wear ‘happi’ coats and T-shirts emblazoned with “I Love Obama” as they wait from visiting US President Barack Obama to pass in front of them in Tokyo on November 14, 2009.
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President Barack Obama, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, prepare to take their seats before the start of their bilateral meeting at Kantei, the latter’s official residence, in Tokyo, Japan Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.
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US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Japanese Empress Michiko as Emperor Akihito looks on upon Obama’s arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America’s first “Pacific president”, Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to “contain” China and promised a full US role in charting Asia’s future.
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