Prime Minister NODA's BLOG

I've just returned home after spending a full two days in Washington, DC. There is a 13 hour time difference between Washington and Tokyo, and the return flight was 13 hours long. While there is a substantial distance between these cities in a physical sense, over the course of a little over a year, I feel that the distance between us in spirit has become smaller than ever before.

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April 17, 2012, at the Opening Session of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit

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April 4, 2012 on NHK's Close Up Gendai television show

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