オバマ米大統領は１４日、東京でアジア政策について演説し、経済、環境、イランと北朝鮮の核問題や、ビルマの人権問題・民主化などについて述べた。
オバマ米大統領は拉致問題について、北朝鮮に説明を求めるとともに、米国は北朝鮮の脅しに屈しないと述べた。
オバマ米大統領は１４日午後シンガポールでＡＰＥＣ首脳会議に参加後、１５日に中国入りするという。
→ オバマ大統領、都内でアジア政策について演説 (2009-11-14)
The President gave a speech in Tokyo today.
I believe that the Japanese audience pleased the President Obama when he talked about NPT, because it is our consensus that the abolition of nuclear arsonel is essential. I feel quite proud of it. Here we are, we did not need nuclear weapons to achieve our day-to-day living standards. Or rather, we achieved this much because we did not waste budget to nuclear arms.
On the nuclear issue, he said it specifically, on nuclear Iran and North Korea. I would like to say, to consider the technological advancement that North Korea has to Iran with oil money and that what strategies have been taken and what worked. I am hoping that he's got ears that our voices be heard, and wishing we could have more better footing to demand their attentions and cry out loud -- we'd be a far better ally than anybody else.
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演説で、日本は米国にとって北米以外で２番目の貿易相手国だという発言がありました。
