Obama will receive the Prime Minister of Japan

U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House will Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, on 30 April, to review a long list of issues of common concern, said today the White House.

Obama "hopes to hold discussions with Prime Minister on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues, including the Alliance for Security US-Japan economic and trade issues and deepening of bilateral cooperation," said the White House a statement.

Both leaders also discussed matters relating to regional and global security, the note stated.

Obama met with Japanese Prime Minister last November in Hawaii because of the economic summit of the countries of the Forum of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and a month later discussed by telephone the situation in the Korean Peninsula after the death of Kim Jong II.