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    Office of the Press Secretary

    For Immediate Release

    November 14, 2009

    Remarks by President Barack Obama at Suntory Hall Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan

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    10:12 A.M. JST

    PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Thank you so much.  Arigatou.  Thank you very much.  (Applause.)  Good morning.  It is a great honor to be in Tokyo -- the first stop on my first visit to Asia as President of the United States.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  It is good to be among so many of you -- Japanese and I see a few Americans here  -- (applause) -- who work every day to strengthen the bonds between our two countries, including my longtime friend and our new ambassador to Japan, John Roos.  (Applause.)
     
    It is wonderful to be back in Japan.  Some of you may be aware that when I was a young boy, my mother brought me to Kamakura, where I looked up at that centuries-old symbol of peace and tranquility -- the great bronze Amida Buddha.  And as a child, I was more focused on the matcha ice cream.  (Laughter.)  And I want to thank Prime Minister Hatoyama for sharing some of those memories with more ice cream last night at dinner.  (Laughter and applause.)  Thank you very much.  But I have never forgotten the warmth and the hospitality that the Japanese people showed a young American far from home.

    And I feel that same spirit on this visit:  In the gracious welcome of Prime Minister Hatoyama.  In the extraordinary honor of the meeting with Their Imperial Majesties, the Emperor and Empress, on the 20th anniversary of his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne.  In the hospitality shown by the Japanese people.  And of course, I could not come here without sending my greetings and gratitude to the citizens of Obama, Japan.  (Applause.)

    Now, I am beginning my journey here for a simple reason.  Since taking office, I have worked to renew American leadership and pursue a new era of engagement with the world based on mutual interests and mutual respect.  And our efforts in the Asia Pacific will be rooted, in no small measure, through an enduring and revitalized alliance between the United States and Japan.

    From my very first days in office, we have worked to strengthen the ties that bind our nations.  The first foreign leader that I welcomed to the White House was the Prime Minister of Japan, and for the first time in nearly 50 years, the first foreign trip by an American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, was to Asia, starting in Japan.  (Applause.)

    In two months, our alliance will mark its 50th anniversary  -- a day when President Dwight Eisenhower stood next to Japan's Prime Minister and said that our two nations were creating "an indestructible partnership" based on "equality and mutual understanding." 

    In the half-century since, that alliance has endured as a foundation for our security and prosperity.  It has helped us become the world's two largest economies, with Japan emerging as America's second-largest trading partner outside of North America.  It has evolved as Japan has played a larger role on the world stage, and made important contributions to stability around the world -- from reconstruction in Iraq, to combating piracy off the Horn of Africa, to assistance for the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan -- most recently through its remarkable leadership in providing additional commitments to international development efforts there.

    Above all, our alliance has endured because it reflects our common values -- a belief in the democratic right of free people to choose their own leaders and realize their own dreams; a belief that made possible the election of both Prime Minister Hatoyama and myself on the promise of change.  And together, we are committed to providing a new generation of leadership for our people and our alliance.

    That is why, at this critical moment in history, the two of us have not only reaffirmed our alliance -- we've agreed to deepen it.  We've agreed to move expeditiously through a joint working group to implement the agreement that our two governments reached on restructuring U.S. forces in Okinawa.  And as our alliance evolves and adapts for the future, we will always strive to uphold the spirit that President Eisenhower described long ago -- a partnership of equality and mutual respect.  (Applause.)

    But while our commitment to this region begins in Japan, it doesn't end here.  The United States of America may have started as a series of ports and cities along the Atlantic Ocean, but for generations we have also been a nation of the Pacific.  Asia and the United States are not separated by this great ocean; we are bound by it.  We are bound by our past -- by the Asian immigrants who helped build America, and the generations of Americans in uniform who served and sacrificed to keep this region secure and free.  We are bound by our shared prosperity -- by the trade and commerce upon which millions of jobs and families depend.  And we are bound by our people -- by the Asian Americans who enrich every segment of American life, and all the people whose lives, like our countries, are interwoven. 


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