Japan pledges to be more independent from Washington

Nov 12th, 2009 - CNN

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Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama chose to make Japan the first stop in his first presidential visit to Asia -- a decision that Japan's new prime minister says signifies the importance Washington attaches to its alliance with Tokyo.

"I believe the meeting will be a good one in the sense that he seems to have felt strongly that he must pick Japan as the first country of his visit to Asia," Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said in advance of Obama's arrival. "I'm looking forward to it."

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