Posted: Oct 23,2009 9:18 am CDT
Cracks in US-Japan alliance beginning to show
Adm. Michael Mullen,chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff,shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada prior to talks in Tokyo on October 23. (Yoshikazu Tsuno via AFP)
Oct 23,2009,TOKYO (AFP) -- The U.S.-Japan security alliance has been strained as Tokyo's new center-left leaders,in a row over a U.S. military base,make good on their promise to be less subservient to Washington,analysts say. . . continue reading.
