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02-03-09 Japan becomes USA’s most important ally

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso had the honor to become the first foreign leader to have met President Obama in Washington.The US-led policy in the Middle East has been extremely unsuccessful recently,the gap between the United States and Europe has been growing,and Latin America has been going out of control.Barack Obama needs to celebrate success,or at least a portion of visible success.Japan can come in handy at this point.It was the first international meeting for the US president in the Oval Office,but it can become the last meeting for the prime minister of Japan.Over 70 percent of the Japanese want Taro Aso to step down.The top meeting,which took place on February 25,showed that the US administration wanted its Japanese counterparts to understand that Tokyo still remained Washington’s key ally.Obama stressed out the significance of allied links with Japan.The two leaders discussed the issues of the world financial crisis,the nuclear program of North Korea and the assistance which Japan could provide to Afghanistan