上周末他离开华盛顿后，外相麻生太郎和防长久间章生旋与其美国同僚赖斯和盖茨进行会谈。

• After he left Washington last weekend, Japan's foreign minister, Taro Aso, and the defence minister, Fumio Kyuma, sat down with their American counterparts, Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates.