Jun 25 08:16 PM US/Eastern
HUNTSVILLE, Canada, June 25 (AP) - (Kyodo) — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan met U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday ahead of the summit of the Group of Eight major powers in Canada.
The two leaders exchanged a few words in a brief conversation at a ceremony held before the start of the summit, a Japanese official said. It was their first meeting since Kan assumed office earlier this month following the resignation of his predecessor Yukio Hatoyama.
After acknowledging Kan's 12-hour flight from Tokyo, Obama promised to make a similar long-haul trip in November to Yokohama to attend a leaders' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the official said.
Kan and Obama were also seated next to each other at a lunch session that followed. They are expected to hold formal bilateral talks on Sunday.
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