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Japanese media said the U.S. State Department had included talks with Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada in Clinton's announced schedule for November 6, but later deleted the item after being told by Tokyo the timing was still under discussion.

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...the Japanese government about the direction of policy. The top US diplomat for Asia, Kurt Campbell, will visit Tokyo for talks on Thursday, the State Department has said. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates was recently in Tokyo urging...

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates last month bluntly urged Japan to implement a 2006 deal on where to put the new facility and called on Tokyo to resolve the issue before Obama arrives on November 12, on the first leg of an Asian tour.

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...decision to narrow its territorial waters. The U.S. State Department asked the U.S. Embassy in Japan in a letter in June 1974 to warn Tokyo that unilaterally restricting the passage of U.S. military vessels in the key straits could...

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...Clinton Still Citing aEUR˜InheritedaEUR™ Problems Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves as she leaves Tokyo on February 18, 2009, during her first trip abroad in her new position. (Photo: State Department) CNSNews.com) - From the...

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A dispute over relocating a U.S. Marine base on the southern island of Okinawa is straining ties between Washington and Tokyo's new government, which has vowed to steer a more independent diplomatic course from its security ally.

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The document added that the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo "has been instructed to approach" the government "at the highest practicable level, expressing the serious concern of the U.S. Government and asking for a clarification of intent." Then...

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...are key trading partners. </p><p>Relations between Tokyo and its neighbors have been strained, however, by comments and acts by Hatoyama's conservative predecessors that were seen as glorifying Japan's wartime past. </p><p>Hatoyama, visiting...

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...is the bad cop). But whatever outcome the two sides extract, what's clear now is that Tokyo no longer wants to be a servant of the U.S., and that Washington is willing to listen and be patient with Tokyo's newfound swagger. And that while...

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