Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, right, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada prior to their talk at Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Steinberg is on a two-day visit to Tokyo as a part of his Asian tour. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, right, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada prior to their talk at Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Steinberg is on a two-day visit to Tokyo as a part of his Asian tour.

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  1. Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Bildt (L) and US Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg (R) address journalists during a press conference at the EUFOR Headquarters in Butmir, near Sarajevo, on October 21, 2009. Steinberg and Bildt attended meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented EU and US newest strategy for Bosnia's nearing to European and NATO integrations.
  2. Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Bildt, left, and US Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg,right, address journalists during press conference at main gate of EUFOR Headquarters in Butmir, near Sarajevo on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Steinberg and Bildt attended a meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented EU and US newest strategy for Bosnia's nearing to European and NATO integrations.
  3. Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Bildt, left,and US Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg, right, address journalists during press conference at main gate of EUFOR Headquarters in Butmir, near Sarajevo on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Steinberg and Bildt attended a meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented EU and US newest strategy for Bosnia's nearing to European and NATO integrations.
  4. EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn (L), Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Bildt (C) and US Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg (R) addresses journalists during a press conference at EUFOR Headquarters in Butmir, near Sarajevo on October 9, 2009. Rehn, Steinberg and Bildt attended a meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented the EU and US's newest strategy for Bosnia approaching European and NATO integration. A new meeting is scheduled for October 20.
  5. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, center, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, right, and European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn leave a press conference after a meeting with Bosnian leaders at the NATO headquarters, in Base Camp Butmir, near Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. Rehn, Steinberg and Bildt attended a meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented EU and US newest strategy for Bosnia's nearing to European and NATO integrations. New meeting is scheduled for 20 October.
  6. Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, right, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada prior to their talk at Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Steinberg is on a two-day visit to Tokyo as a part of his Asian tour.
  7. Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, right, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada prior to their talk at Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Steinberg is on a two-day visit to Tokyo as a part of his Asian tour.
  8. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, right, shakes hands with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept, 30, 2009. Steinberg huddled with South Korean officials Wednesday to discuss North Korea amid a flurry of diplomacy to get the communist regime to return to disarmament talks.
  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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