US eyes strong alliance with new Japanese government
August 31st, 2009 - 12:17 am ICT by IANSWashington, Aug 30 (Xinhua) The Obama administration expects a “strong alliance” with a new Japanese government, the White House said Sunday.
“We are confident that the strong US-Japan alliance and the close partnership between our two countries will continue to flourish under the leadership of the next government in Tokyo,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement.
“President Obama looks forward to working closely with the new Japanese prime minister on a broad range of global, regional and bilateral issues,” said the spokesman.
The centre-left Democrat Party of Japan was predicted to defeat the ruling Liberty Democratic Party in the election for lower house of parliament.
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