Japan-U.S. leaders likely to OK new talks

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and U.S. President Barack Obama are likely to agree Friday during their summit talks in Tokyo to begin discussions on restructuring the bilateral alliance between Japan and the United States, sources close to the matter said Saturday.

Restructuring the alliance would coincide with the 50th anniversary of the revision of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in 2010, the bilateral sources said.

Tension has been high between Japan and the United States since the Hatoyama administration was launched in September. One of the goals of talks on this issue would be to deepen mutual understanding between the two countries through a new venue for discussions and improve relations, the sources said.

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1. I wonder if we can stop occupying Japan now :) n/t