Katsuya Okada

...says Toshikawa. On a television program on Nov. 8, Okada, who canceled his overseas trip to the U.S. this month ahead of Obama's visit, said the issue would not be resolved during this weekend's talks. Recently instated U.S....

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...military airfield. Gregson came to Japan to attend the first session of the Japan-U.S. high-level dialogue, attended by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and U.S. Ambassador John Roos. "The U.S. government...

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, right, meets Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Japan will speed up its...

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...close to the ministry. The probe into the alleged nuclear pact and other secret agreements with the United States was ordered in September by Okada days after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government took office. The United States is...

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...negotiations. "I don't want to put a deadline on a decision, but if at all possible I want to reach a conclusion within this year," Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told reporters on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. Okada began a...

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...to a conclusion by yearend. Hatoyama's comment came after Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Saturday reiterated his hope that the government will reach a decision by the end of the year on Futenma's relocation. "It is desirable to reach a...

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Okada's visit, his first since assuming the post in September, comes after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and President Barack Obama agreed Friday in Tokyo to work quickly on solving the problem, which has been straining bilateral ties.

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