Japan's Hayashi, U.S. envoy Emanuel show off alliance on carrier

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Saturday demonstrated the two nations' solid alliance, as they embarked together on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier after its military drill in waters near Japan earlier this month.At a press conference held in the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, Hayashi said that the vessel's activities in the region "embody a resolution of the United States to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific" region, where security concerns have been growing over activities by China and North Korea.Hayashi and Emanuel were …READ FULL ARTICLE