10 October 2011

News Story: Clinton - U.S.-Japan remains a cornerstone alliance

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States says its alliance with Japan will remain its cornerstone relationship in the Asia-Pacific as it expands engagement in the region.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that the U.S. is the midst of a strategic pivot to deepen its ties in the East as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq wind down.

Read the full story at The Mainichi Daily Newspaper