The decision had been widely expected, given the close ties between Tokyo and Washington.
Worries in Washington as Mexico's election looms are a reminder of the close ties binding the neighboring nations.
But the close ties between Hun Sen and the directors of several large logging companies continues to raise doubts about his latest pledges.
The investigation was sparked by a 2011 ESPN piece looking at the close ties between Adams, A-HOPE, and Indiana and other basketball programs.
For their part Lithuanians see blatant interference in their domestic affairs, particularly in the close ties between Warsaw politicians and the local Polish leadership.
That seems unlikely, given the close ties between the two countries.
The same story is broadly true in the government, though Mr Berezovsky himself denies the close ties widely assumed to link him to such top figures as Mikhail Kasyanov, now tipped to be promoted from finance minister to prime minister.
The close ties between the Prime Minister and former Chief Executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, are coming under increasing scrutiny so much so that David Cameron was forced to cut short an African tour and return to deal with the crisis.
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The ministry has close ties to the domestic accounting industry, which would lose out if foreign standards (and firms) won preference.
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The bank has close political ties to the centre-left Democratic party.
The business school will have close ties with the New York branch.
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The most likely candidate appears to be the newly appointed chief economic advisor Miguel Kiguel, who is respected by the financial markets and has close ties to the opposition Peronist party.
As a result, the budget agreement may have damaged some of the most important relationships within the EU. For the past decade, close ties between Britain and the new members in central and eastern Europe have been founded on Britain's campaign for their membership.
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The billionaire had close ties to exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who lives in London and who has been the target of several alleged assassination plots.
Mirpur has been called "Little Birmingham" because of the close family and cultural ties between the two regions.
The police will also look again into unexplained assaults on journalists and the shooting of a businessman with close ties to the Czech government.
Nearly a hundred years later, President Charles de Gaulle repaid U.S. help in the liberation of France by cultivating close ties with the Soviet Union and expelling NATO headquarters from Paris.
The unheralded conversation between the Senate majority leader and the corporate executive with close Democratic ties demonstrated the bipartisan reach and the behind-the-scenes lobbying tactics of the nation's biggest entertainment company.
Beyond the daily benefits the US enjoys from its close ties with Israel, the US has three fundamental, permanent, vital national security interests in the Middle East.
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Then, in September, it was the Americans' turn for dismay, after an Afghan insurgent group, the Haqqani network, seen as having close ties to the Pakistani army, launched a prolonged attack on their embassy in Kabul.
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The NYPD maintains close ties to Muslim preachers and community leaders, as well as a network of tipsters and undercover operatives.
Even under Yugoslav socialism, the Slovenes had close ties with western businesses.
The decline in the influence of the Catholic church, to which the party had close ties, has also helped to erode its support.
At the core of the corporate group, or keiretsu, with which the insurer had close ties, were no less than Nissan Motors and Hitachi Ltd.
He also testified before the independent, judge-led probe about close ties between the family and the highest levels of the British government.
The Obama administration has established close ties to Muslim Brotherhood organizations in the US and met with them at length and frequently.
Mr. Karzai gained power following the U.S. ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001, and initially enjoyed close ties with the U.S., holding weekly videoconference calls with President George W. Bush.
Neera Tanden, president of the liberal Center for American Progress, which has close ties to the White House, said she sees an opportunity to reshape the conversation and appeal to moderates.
The US has despatched to Cairo a veteran diplomat with close ties to the Mubarak government.
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