A meeting with U.S. President, Barak Obama, will be important for the Hatoyama administration to build a more equal relationship with the United States, which will decide the course of the future of Japan.
Recent massive of budget requests by government ministries' agencies used to be nothing more than annual routine in Japan. But this year, something has changed. What has changed since the Hatoyama administration was started one month ago?
The Ambassador John Roos was featured in his first television interview in Japan and was asked how he plans to deal with bi-lateral relations that are now at a crucial turning point.