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Politics › Obama's arrival in Japan delayed from Nov 12 to 13

The United States has asked that President Barack Obama's visit to Japan be pushed back from next Thursday to Friday, a source close to Japan's… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sat, Nov 07 2009

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