Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at a Tokyo hotel on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at a Tokyo hotel on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.

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  1. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore Prime MInister delivers his Leaders Declaration speech as China's President Hu Jintao looks on at the Istana. The 2-day CEO Summit, which ended yesterday as part of APEC Leaders Week, saw over 800 of the world's top business leaders and 15 world leaders to Singapore, addressing the economic crisis and key global issues.
  2. Singapore Prime MInister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his speech at the APEC Ministerial Meeting welcoming reception in Singapore on November 10, 2009 ahead of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the city on November 14-15.
  3. Singapore Prime MInister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his speech at the APEC Ministerial Meeting welcoming reception in Singapore on November 10, 2009 ahead of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the city on November 14-15.
  4. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at a Tokyo hotel on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  5. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) is greeted by Fujio Mitarai, the leader of Japan's largest business group Keidanren, prior to their talks at Keidanren headquarters in Tokyo on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  6. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) shakes hands with Fujio Mitarai, the leader of Japan's largest business group Keidanren, prior to their talks at Keidanren headquarters in Tokyo on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  7. Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (R) and his Singaporean conterpart Lee Hsien Loong (L) smile as they walk into a meeting room at the Istana presidential palace during the former's visit to Singapore on November 18, 2009. Vanhanen is on a two-day official visit in Singapore.
  8. Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (R) shakes hands with his Singaporean conterpart Lee Hsien Loong (L) at the Istana presidential palace during the former's visit to Singapore on November 18, 2009. Vanhanen is on a two-day official visit in Singapore.
  9. Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada attends a Diet session in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Japan's Emperor Akihito should be able to speak his mind rather than read from a bureaucrat's prepared script when he next opens parliament, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada suggested on October 23. The 75-year-old opens sessions of the Diet legislature, but his prepared messages have been almost identical every time, Okada told reporters later, acknowledging that Akihito under the constitution must steer clear of politics.
  10. China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada before their meeting in Tokyo November 19, 2009. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang will be in Japan until this Sunday.
  11. China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada before their meeting in Tokyo November 19, 2009. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang will be in Japan until this Sunday.
  12. US Ambassador John Roos (R), accompanied by Wallace C. Gregson (L), US Assistant Secretary of Defence, arrives at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on November 17, 2009 for talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa. Japanese and US high-level officials kicked off talks in a bid to resolve a tense disagreement over the US base realignment in Japan.
  13. US Ambassador John Roos (R) arrives at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on November 17, 2009 for talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa. Japanese and US high-level officials kicked off talks in a bid to resolve a tense disagreement over the US base realignment in Japan.
  14. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a press conference at the foreign ministry in Tokyo on November 17, 2009. Japanese and US high-level officials kicked off talks in a bid to resolve a tense disagreement over the US base realignment in Japan. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa met with US Ambassador John Roos and Wallace C. Gregson, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for the talks.
  15. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a press conference at the foreign ministry in Tokyo on November 17, 2009. Japanese and US high-level officials kicked off talks in a bid to resolve a tense disagreement over the US base realignment in Japan. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa met with US Ambassador John Roos and Wallace C. Gregson, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for the talks.
  16. US President Barack Obama (L) is seen off by Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (2nd L) as the US leader prepares to step onto Air Force One to depart from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Novemver 14, 2009. Obama will make a surprise early appearance at the APEC summit dinner in Singapore, after bringing forward his departure from Japan, a US official said.

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