Fri Nov 13, 3:09 AM ET

US President Barack Obama set foot in Asia for the first time as US president Friday, arriving in Japan to launch a four-nation tour designed to shore up US power in a region increasingly dominated by rising giant China. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

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