However, the leaders left unresolved a feud over a US military base on Japan’s southern Okinawa island that has frayed Washington’s ties with Hatoyama’s government.
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US and Japan renew alliance but military feud rumbles on
US President Barack Obama and Japan’s new Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, have pledged to revitalise their strained security alliance as they adapt to the rise of China, a country set to overtake Japan as the world’s second largest economy as early as next year.
