Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands before their meeting in New York on Sept. 21, 2011. Noda, who took office in early September, held his first face-to-face talks with Obama and said the long-standing alliance between the two countries is the linchpin of his new government's diplomatic policy.

Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama meet in New York on Sept. 21, 2011. Noda, who took office in early September, held his first face-to-face talks with Obama and said the long-standing alliance between the two countries is the linchpin of his new government's diplomatic policy.

Ex-JETRO official is linchpin in U.S.-Japan program

Ex-JETRO official is linchpin in U.S.-Japan program

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Moromi, 62, says, ''Most of the teachers making the journey to Japan were on their first sojourn in this country....They go home pro-Japanese.''

Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands before their meeting in New York on Sept. 21, 2011. Noda, who took office in early September, held his first face-to-face talks with Obama and said the long-standing alliance between the two countries is the linchpin of his new government's diplomatic policy. (Kyodo)

Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama meet in New York on Sept. 21, 2011. Noda, who took office in early September, held his first face-to-face talks with Obama and said the long-standing alliance between the two countries is the linchpin of his new government's diplomatic policy. (Kyodo)

U.S. military's communication site in Japan

U.S. military's communication site in Japan

File photo taken on March 11, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Kyogamisaki Communications Site operated by the U.S. Army in the Kyoto Prefecture city of Kyotango, western Japan. The communication site is home to an AN/TPY-2 X-band radar, regarded as the linchpin of the U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense.

U.S. military's communication site in Japan

U.S. military's communication site in Japan

File photo taken on March 11, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Kyogamisaki Communications Site operated by the U.S. Army in the Kyoto Prefecture city of Kyotango, western Japan. The communication site is home to an AN/TPY-2 X-band radar, regarded as the linchpin of the U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense.