U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, November 14, 2009. Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over. [Agencies] 

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, November 14, 2009.Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over. [Agencies]