Japan pledges to help grow Palestinian economy
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Japan's Prime Minister has agreed to help grow the economy of the Palestinian territories.
Officials say Yukio Hatoyama made the commitment during a meeting with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, who's in Japan for a four-day visit.
As a first step, Japan will send trade experts to the territories to help promote trade and investment.
The two leaders say they also agreed that Israel and the Palestinian territories "urgently" needed to resume peace talks.
At a joint news conference, Mr Abbas thanked Tokyo for its financial and diplomatic support, which has topped one billion US dollars
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