New Japanese Leader Shapes Foreign Policy - Less US?
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
For now there remain more questions than answers about how the government of Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, will shape its foreign policy. There have been some indications he will seek to forge closer relations with East Asia, and possibly temper the country's tight alliance with the United States. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Tokyo.
