Japanese toymaker Ogawa Studios, Inc. , staff Tomohisa Kikuchi touches one of rubber face masks of U.S. President Barack Obama while displaying masks of Obama, foreground second from right, First Lady Michelle Obama, right, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second from left, and his wife, Miyuki, in Saitama near Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Obama arrives in Japan Friday, Nov. 13 for his two-day Tokyo visit to meet with Hatoyama before attending APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, meetings in Singapore over the weekend. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

Japanese toymaker Ogawa Studios, Inc. , staff Tomohisa Kikuchi touches one of rubber face masks of U.S. President Barack Obama while displaying masks of Obama, foreground second from right, First Lady Michelle Obama, right, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second from left, and his wife, Miyuki, in Saitama near Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Obama arrives in Japan Friday, Nov. 13 for his two-day Tokyo visit to meet with Hatoyama before attending APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, meetings in Singapore over the weekend.

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