US President Barack Obama Wednesday spoke by telephone with Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to congratulate him and his Democratic Party of Japan on a landslide election succeeds.
Obama said he looked forward to seeing Hatoyama at this month's United Nations General Assembly in New York and the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, which will blot the new Japanese leader's first steps on the world stage.
"President Obama and Mr Hatoyama stressed the importance of a strong US-Japan Alliance and their desire to build an even more effective partnership," the White House said in a statement.
Obama said he required to work with the new Japanese government on economic recovery, climate change, North Korea, in defeating Al-Qaeda and building peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.
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