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Japan, U.S. arranging Kan-Obama summit for September in New York
TOKYO, Aug. 21 Kyodo -
Talks between Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and U.S. President Barack Obama
are being arranged to take place in September in New York, a Japanese
government source said Saturday.
Kan and Obama, who held their first bilateral summit in June in Canada, are
expected to discuss outstanding issues including the planned relocation of the
U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture.
The Japanese and U.S. governments are making arrangements for their second
bilateral talks on the occasion of a U.N. General Assembly session scheduled
for late September, the source said.
Kan is believed to have conveyed his wish to meet Obama on the sidelines of the
U.N. meeting when he met with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos in Tokyo on
Friday night, according to sources familiar with the matter.
If their New York meeting is realized, the two leaders are also likely to
discuss a range of other topics, such as North Korea's nuclear development
program and past abductions of Japanese nationals, economic measures based on
the situations in Japan and the United States, and efforts to combat global
warming, the government source said.
On the Futenma issue, the Japanese and U.S. governments are arranging to work
out a report to be released by working-level experts by the end of this month
that is expected to incorporate two plans for the relocation facility -- two
runways in a V-shaped formation and a single runway.
But the Japanese government plans to put off a final decision on the issue
until after the Okinawa gubernatorial election slated for November, and a focal
point of the summit talks may be on whether Obama would express understanding
for this plan.
Kan told Obama when they met in late June in Toronto on the sidelines of a
summit of the Group of 20 advanced and major emerging powerhouses that he
intends to visit the United States for the U.N. General Assembly session in
September.
The two leaders are also expected to hold talks during Obama's visit to Japan
scheduled for November.
==Kyodo
Talks between Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and U.S. President Barack Obama
are being arranged to take place in September in New York, a Japanese
government source said Saturday.
Kan and Obama, who held their first bilateral summit in June in Canada, are
expected to discuss outstanding issues including the planned relocation of the
U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture.
The Japanese and U.S. governments are making arrangements for their second
bilateral talks on the occasion of a U.N. General Assembly session scheduled
for late September, the source said.
Kan is believed to have conveyed his wish to meet Obama on the sidelines of the
U.N. meeting when he met with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos in Tokyo on
Friday night, according to sources familiar with the matter.
If their New York meeting is realized, the two leaders are also likely to
discuss a range of other topics, such as North Korea's nuclear development
program and past abductions of Japanese nationals, economic measures based on
the situations in Japan and the United States, and efforts to combat global
warming, the government source said.
On the Futenma issue, the Japanese and U.S. governments are arranging to work
out a report to be released by working-level experts by the end of this month
that is expected to incorporate two plans for the relocation facility -- two
runways in a V-shaped formation and a single runway.
But the Japanese government plans to put off a final decision on the issue
until after the Okinawa gubernatorial election slated for November, and a focal
point of the summit talks may be on whether Obama would express understanding
for this plan.
Kan told Obama when they met in late June in Toronto on the sidelines of a
summit of the Group of 20 advanced and major emerging powerhouses that he
intends to visit the United States for the U.N. General Assembly session in
September.
The two leaders are also expected to hold talks during Obama's visit to Japan
scheduled for November.
==Kyodo
