Barack Obama

Obama tells Tokyo crowd of administration's outreach to N. Korea, Burma By Anne E. Kornblut TOKYO -- In his speech Saturday to an audience of invited Americans and Japanese officials, President Obama discussed a wide range of U.S.-Asian...

In this article: North Korea, Tokyo, Burma, United States, Kim Jong Il, East Asia, and Thailand

...U.S. ally. Obama made Tokyo the venue for his speech, a symbolically important choice that displayed respect for Japan's long history as the U.S.' chief ally in Asia and one of the region's foremost democracies. After his speech,...

In this article: Asia, United States, China, Tokyo, Taiwan, Beijing, Washington, and Japan

...alliance. They also discussed the situation on ground in Afghanistan, and how best to restart talks involving six countries over efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Obama has visited Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing.

In this article: Seoul, Lee Myung-bak, Beijing, US, Asia, Shanghai, Tokyo, Pyongyang, and Singapore

...9 mins ago TOKYO (AFP) - America's first "Pacific president" Barack Obama will reach out to Asia Saturday in a major speech seeking to reassert the United States as a regional powerhouse and counter-balance to a rising China. Obama, making...

In this article: Asia, United States, Pacific, Washington, Agence France Presse, Tokyo, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and Yukio Hatoyama

These officials had warned the Prime Minister's Office that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who came to Tokyo ahead of President Barack Obama's first visit to Japan, would strongly demand prompt implementation of the accord. They...

In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Ichiro Ozawa, Democratic Party of Japan, Robert M. Gates, Tokyo, Japan, Diet, Liberal Democratic Party, and Washington

...leaders about the yuan, dealers said. Obama began his week-long Asian tour on Friday by visiting Tokyo, before heading to Singapore for an Asia-Pacific summit and then on to China and South Korea. "Markets will keenly focus on forex and...

In this article: Tokyo, Nomura Securities, China, and Asia