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Pacific maritime security will be high on the agenda of Shinzo Abe, Japan's next prime minister, when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama.
The two leaders, who spoke on the telephone this week for 10 minutes, are looking at a January summit in the United States, a report by The Japan Times newspaper said.
The security situation in the East China Sea and South China Sea has become tougher and Abe pledged Japan will "carry out its responsibilities" to maintain the power balance in Asia, an official who was in on the telephone discussion told the newspaper.
"I told (President Obama) that I'd like to strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance, as this will help stabilize the Asian region," Abe said afterward.
His commitment to regional security comes after hard talk over China's claim to the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, known by Beijing as the Diaoyu Islands.
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