US official visits Tokyo as island questions linger
By Li Xiaokun | China Daily | Updated: 2012-10-15 08:11
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reviews the naval fleet of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force on board a naval vessel at Sagami Bay off Kanagawa prefecture on Sunday. Forty-five MSDF vessels and one ship each from the United States, Australian and Singaporean navies participated in the fleet review. Jiji Press via Agence France-Presse |
US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on Sunday became the latest in a long line of high-level US officials to meet with Japanese officials in Tokyo ahead of or after a visit to China, amid a festering territorial dispute between the two Asian powers.
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