US and Japan Tackle Post-Disaster ReconstructionUS and Japan Tackle Post-Disaster ReconstructionUS and Japan Tackle Post-Disaster Reconstruction

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton beams a smile as she listens to questions from a reporter during a news conference at Japanese foreign ministry Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on Sunday, April 18, 2011. Japan and United States agreed to promote the two countries’ partnership involving private sector entities for Japan’s post-disaster reconstruction. The foreign ministers also reaffirmed their countries’ close cooperation for Japan to deal with the ongoing crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)