WASHINGTON Facing a daunting array of Asian challenges President Barack Obama left Thursday on his first major trip to the region where a surging China and newly assertive Japan are chipping away at Americas standing on diplomacy and trade Already the most traveled firstyear president ever Obama took off for Tokyo on an Asian journey that will add four countries Japan China Singapore and South Korea to the 16 hes already visited The trip also will highlight a changing continent One of my most important tasks is to continue to strengthen the between the United States and Asia Obama said in a pretrip interview En route to Tokyo Obama planned to rally troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base That stop Obamas first visit ever to Alaska was a reminder of the momentous decision hes weighing on whether to order a major new troop buildup in Afghanistan At a war council meeting rejected the four Afghan war options before him and asked for revisions that combines the best elements of the proposals Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday The changes could alter the dynamic of both how many additional troops are sent to Afghanistan and their time in the war zone Obama is not expected to decide the Afghan troop question until after he returns from Asia late next week Also left behind for now was health care Following last weekends narrow House passage of an overhaul plan Obamas top domestic priority could reach the Senate floor while hes half a world away Obama was arriving in Japan a day later than planned his schedule scrambled by Tuesdays memorial for the shooting victims at Fort Hood Texas His stop in Singapore for the annual economic summit originally scheduled for two days was cut back to a mere 20 hours Awaiting Obama in Japan was a new Yukio Hatoyama who swept to power vowing a more equal partnership with Washington Hes also promised to halt Japans refueling of USled forces in review its basing agreement for 47000 US troops and explore the possibility of a new Asian trading block excluding the United States In a pretrip talk with Japans NHK network Obama Hatoyamas election as a political earthquake but played down any friction This is not a he said This is one of equals in which Japan has been an As evidence the White House pointed to Japans pledge of 5 billion to aid Afghan Obama was scheduled to meet with Hatoyama and hold a news conference almost immediately after arriving so the Japanese leader could fly quickly off to Singapore Obama planned to arrive at the summit late Saturday night after delivering a speech in Tokyo and dining with the emperor The 21nation Pacific Rim meeting wolnego handlu oprócz tego roku z globalnego kryzysu finansowego wciąż tytuł działaniu innych sposób jest creeping Singapur Foreign Minister Yeo George to bardzo jest nachylenie slippery stop Singapur Obamas While została przycięta tam był nie stinting na Chiny Easily jego wyzwaniem w Azji jest rosnące i wojskowych China Obama będzie spełniać z Chińscy przywódcy w tour Shanghai i Pekinie Wielki Mur i Zakazane Miasto i przytrzymaj spotkania ratusz z chińskiego w Muzeum Shanghai podczas pobytu threeday While Americas nadal struggling się z jego szczerego recesji w Chinas gospodarki jest bouncing powrotem briskly yet znacząca luka handlu istnieje Chinas waluty jest przez USA reckoning odbiegała chociaż rząd czwartek jego gotowy umożliwić jego waluty wzrost i istnieją spory między on everything from Chinese tire exports to DVD piracy Obama hopes to enlist Chinas help in thwarting nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea and its cooperation on a new climate treaty whose outlines are due to be agreed on next month in Copenhagen Chinas help remains crucial in efforts to get its neighbor North Korea to stop its nuclear bombmaking Obama closes his trip with a visit to South Korea as his prepares to send an envoy to Pyongyang for rare direct talks But the outlook wasnt helped by a naval clash Tuesday in grounds off the Korean Peninsulas western coast Pondering this difficult Asian landscape Obama told NHK he considers himself a child of the Pacific Rim a native of Hawaii with fond memories of visiting Tokyo on the way to Indonesia where he also lived He also closed his interview with a formal thankyou to Japan for the most valuable player at this yearsWorld Series Hideki Matsui onetime Gwiazda Giants Yomiuri który miał trzy uruchamia głównej i ośmiu RBIs w serii Matsui miał ewolucyjnie zaległe serią enthused Obama