Obama in Asia: The President Sides with Japan in Conflict over Disputed Islands

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Obama reaffirms commitment to Japan deal over islands dispute with China (CNN)

Tokyo (CNN) -- The United States stands by its security agreement with Japan in its dispute with China over a group of islands, President Barack Obama said Thursday.

The securities agreement between Washington and Tokyo is decades old, he told reporters in the Japanese capital. And it would be honored in any conflict arising out of tensions over the islands that Japan calls Senkaku and China calls Diaoyu.

But the President, who spoke alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, would not say how the United States would get involved in any strife over the islands.

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