Photo: Deputy Secretary Zoellick in Japan

Deputy Secretary Zoellick was in Japan January 22-23 to discuss moving the successful U.S.-Japan alliance forward to face new challenges and opportunities, and to review regional relationships in Asia, including the current situation in Northeast Asia, the upcoming donors meeting in London on Afghanistan and the situation in the Middle East. Mr. Zoellick met with Foreign Minister Taro Aso and other senior officials and members of the Diet. He also participated in a roundtable with private sector and civil society opinion leaders.
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Deputy Secretary Zoellick speaks at the Embassy in Tokyo Jan. 23, ahead of bilateral talks.	Japanese Foreign Minister Aso makes a point to visiting Deputy Secretary Zoellick at the Foreign Ministry Jan. 23	Deputy Secretary Zoellick and Japanese Foreign Minister Aso sign a new Special Measures Agreement.	Deputy Secretary Zoellick speaks with Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe.
Deputy Secretary Zoellick pays a courtesy call on Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe	Deputy Secretary Zoellick speaks to reporters Jan. 23 at an Embassy press roundtable.