Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda arrived in Washington
Thursday for his first visit to the United States as Japan's prime
minister and US President George W. Bush will host him in the White
House on Friday.
During Friday's talks, the two leaders are expected to discuss
the issue of more than a dozen Japanese whom Japan claimed were
kidnapped by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.
Moreover, the two are also expected to discuss the possible US
move to remove North Korea from the State Department's list of
state sponsors of terrorism. Media reports said Japan has opposed
to the possible US move.
Japan has been a key ally of the US in East Asia.
(Xinhua News Agency November 16, 2007)
