New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel stressed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as "a beacon of endless possibility and promise" in the Indo-Pacific region, in a video message released on the U.S. Embassy's website Tuesday.
"For more than 60 years, the partnership between the United States and Japan has promoted peace and prosperity in a free and open Indo-Pacific," he said, stressing the uniqueness of the bilateral relationship in which the two nations "grew from bitter foes to the best of friends."
