Obama calls on Japan’s new PM
June 6th, 2010 - 9:43 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Saturday called Naoto Kan to congratulate him on being chosen Japan’s new prime minister, and pledged to work together on issues like Iran and the Korean Peninsula.
“The two leaders agreed to work very closely together to address the many issues facing both nations and the global community, including the challenges posed by North Korea and Iran,” Xinhua reported quoting a White House statement Saturday.
The two leaders emphasised the importance they each place on the US-Japan alliance, it said.
Kan, the former finance minister, became the prime minister after being approved by the Diet to replace Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned Wednesday.
- Naoto Kan chosen Japan's new PM (Lead) - Jun 04, 2010
- Obama calls new Japan PM - Sep 02, 2011
- Japan cabinet resigns en masse, party election begins - Jun 04, 2010
- Kan likely to be next Japan PM - Jun 04, 2010
- US, Japan agree to relocate US military base on Okinawa - May 28, 2010
- Japanese prime minister to return ancient Korean books - Oct 18, 2011
- Obama pledges to maintain alliance with Japan (Lead) - Nov 13, 2009
- Japanese finance minister Noda set to become prime minister - Aug 30, 2011
- Japan PM might visit China to improve the soured bilateral ties - Jan 01, 2011
- Japan's Finance Minister takes over as PM - Jun 04, 2010
- Hillary Clinton to visit Germany, S. Korea, Japan - Apr 12, 2011
- Japan apologizes for its colonial rule of Korea - Aug 10, 2010
- Japanese minister resigns over postal reform bill - Jun 11, 2010
- Japanese minister resigns over postal reform bill (Lead) - Jun 11, 2010
- Japan Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara 'offers to resign' over South Korean's gift - Mar 06, 2011
Tags: barack obama, challenges, diet, finance minister, global community, iran, japan alliance, korean peninsula, naoto kan, new prime minister, north korea, white house, xinhua, yukio