The following is the gist of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's separate talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu.
— Obama told Noda that the United States welcomes Japan's decision to participate in talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
— Noda told Obama that Japan has begun the process to ease import restrictions on U.S. beef, imposed over fears of mad cow disease.
— Noda told Obama that Japan is preparing to present to Okinawa Prefecture by the year-end an environmental assessment report on the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture.
— Obama pointed out the need to further deepen Japan-U.S. alliance.
— Noda and Obama confirmed that close collaboration between Japan, the United States and South Korea is important in dealing with North Korean nuclear issues.
— Noda told Obama that Tokyo plans to submit to parliament next year the relevant bills necessary to join the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
— Noda called for the early resumption of talks with China to sign a treaty on a joint gas development project in the East China Sea.
— Hu told Noda that China will consider further easing restrictions on Japanese food imports, imposed following the nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture.
— Noda and Hu agreed to deepen strategic and mutually beneficial bilateral ties.
— The two leaders agreed that Noda will visit China by the year-end.
— Noda urged Hu to press North Korea to implement "concrete actions," including the immediate halt of its uranium enrichment program.
— Noda sought China's support in addressing North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals.
— Hu said China seeks the early resumption of the six-way talks on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.