Kan at upper house

Kan at upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoko Kan speaks at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011. The upper house deliberated a bill the same day to allow the government to issue deficit-covering bonds in fiscal 2011.

Kan at upper house

Kan at upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoko Kan (front) speaks at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011, with Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R back) and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (L back) seen in the background. The upper house deliberated a bill the same day to allow the government to issue deficit-covering bonds in fiscal 2011.

Clinton in Japan

Clinton in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoko Kan welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) ahead of their meeting in Tokyo on April 17, 2011.

Kan at upper house

Kan at upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoko Kan speaks at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011. The upper house deliberated a bill the same day to allow the government to issue deficit-covering bonds in fiscal 2011. (Kyodo)

Kan at upper house

Kan at upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoko Kan (front) speaks at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011, with Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R back) and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (L back) seen in the background. The upper house deliberated a bill the same day to allow the government to issue deficit-covering bonds in fiscal 2011. (Kyodo)

Clinton in Japan

Clinton in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoko Kan welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) ahead of their meeting in Tokyo on April 17, 2011. (Kyodo)