On Friday, the United States support in Tokyo and Beijing's a bunch of island dispute, and invite new Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (Shinzo Abe) to Washington met with President Obama in late February, secretary of state Hillary Clinton to Japan.
Clinton held a working lunch with Japanese foreign minister, long shore, has promised, the safety and economic relations will remain strong, after shinzo Abe's election with a landslide victory. Victory last month.
"We and Japan's alliance with the United States is still in the area of the foundation," Clinton told reporters, everything from relief confrontation north Korea's nuclear noticed a wide range of cooperation.
Clinton, because in the next few weeks to step down, again, the United States will stand in its longtime ally in its territorial disputes with China says the two countries in the east China sea island.
Tensions island, called tip pavilion islands in Japan and China's diaoyu islands, in recent months, has the outbreak of the maritime territorial disputes involving Chinese, the deterioration of the Washington seeking safety focus to Asia.
"Although the United States does not take a stand at the end of the sovereignty of the island, we admit that their management, Japan," Clinton said, repeat long-term America's position on the dispute.
"We oppose any unilateral action, trying to destroy the Japanese management, we urged all sides to take measures to prevent accidents and deal with differences, through peaceful means".
Shore field suggests that during the election campaign, shinzo Abe, adopted a tough stance on the dispute, is in no rush to upgrade the conflict.
"Although Japan won't admit and adhere to our basic position, pointed the island pavilion is Japan's inherent territory, we are going to deal with calm, so as not to stimulate China," he said through an interpreter.
Clinton announced, shinzo Abe has invited to Washington 2 months of the third week in and barack Obama held the first meeting.
China faces
Mr Abe was elected to the United States after his first visit last month in a platform, for Japan's troubled economic recovery and deal with China's rising power in the region.
But this visit has been delayed due to tight Obama, shinzo Abe, not to southeast Asia before cutting short trip, a week after coming home to catch up with Japanese workers in Algeria in the hostage crisis.
American officials described the general health and Tokyo's relations, in spite of the Japanese leaders change frequently. Shore field is the sixth Japan's foreign minister during the term of office of the four years, Clinton has been senior diplomats from the United States.
Mr Abe on to a certain extent nationalism platform, and hope that the United States after world war ii Japan draft constitutional amendment. U.S. officials say they want to see Japan relax the constitution in military restrictions, and make a bigger global security role.
The United States and Japan also seek cooperation plan to simplify in Japan's southern regions of Okinawa, America's military presence, including Suggestions will PuTianJian air base to a new site.
Clinton said she has the confidence, the two sides on the issue can get further progress, and shore tian said, Mr Abe government commitment through a framework agreement, the two sides announced last year's work.
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