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] 

 
The audience applauds as 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]