New U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed sympathy Friday for relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea in her first phone conference with Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone.
Clinton, who called Nakasone on her first day in office, reassured him that the U.S. relationship with Japan remains the foundation to Washington’s diplomatic policies in Asia, and that the two sides can collaborate on global issues.
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