Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd L) poses with (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung prior to the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official residence in Tokyo November 6, 2009. The two-day meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd L) poses with (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung prior to the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official residence in Tokyo November 6, 2009. The two-day meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region.

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  4. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, left, Chairman of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Huynh Dam, second from left, and Communist Party Chief Nong Duc Manh, third from left, watch Vietnamese women play instruments during the opening ceremony of the 7th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, VFF, at the International Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. The VFF committees from across the country, including high-ranking leaders of the party and state, gathered for the three-day congress.
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  6. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) is invited given flowers beside his Hungarian counterpart Gordon Bajnai (R) in front of the parliament building at Kossuth square in central Budapest on September 18, 2009 during his welcoming ceremony. The Vietnamese guest is on a two-day official visit to the Hungarian capital.
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  8. U.S. President Barack Obama (5th L) poses with ASEAN Leaders before their ASEAN-US meeting in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.
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  11. TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 7: Laotian Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katuya Okada, 2nd right, as Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, 2nd left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama look on during the signing ceremony on Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Lao People's Democratic Republic at the Japanese PM's official residence prior to the Mekong - Japan Summit Meeting on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and Mekong region countires.
  12. TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 7: Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, left, is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the Japanese PM's official residence prior to the Mekong - Japan Summit Meeting on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and Mekong region countires.
  13. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) after Hatoyama's first policy speech at the Diet in Tokyo on October 26 , 2009. Hatoyama launched a broadside against the excesses of capitalism, in his first parliamentary address since taking office last month. At left is Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada.
  14. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) upon his arrival for the the East Asia Summit meeting during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 25, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Hatoyama pressed plans for a new East Asian community at a summit on October 24, saying that the region should aspire to lead the world.
  15. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) upon his arrival for the the East Asia Summit meeting during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 25, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Hatoyama pressed plans for a new East Asian community at a summit on October 24, saying that the region should aspire to lead the world.
  16. Japanese Pime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) upon his arrival for the Gala Dinner in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 24, 2009. Prime Minister Hatoyama is here to attend the Southeastan Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting.

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