US President to begin maiden Asian visit
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US President Barack Obama is travelling to Japan tomorrow for the start of his first Asian visit since he took office. From Japan he will move on to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Singapore, and later visit China and South Korea. The US has critical security and economic concerns in the region, but analysts say they don't hold out much hope of significant headway being made on issues like the North Korean nuclear stand-off during Mr Obama's nine-day tour.
Presenter: Kim Landers, Washington Correspondent
Speakers: Adam Segal, senior fellow in China studies, Council on Foreign Relations, New York; Richard Bush, senior fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington; Walter Lohman, director of the Asian Studies Centre, Heritage Foundation, Washington
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