President Barack Obama arrived in Japan on Wednesday for the first part of his Asia trip that started with reassuring Tokyo of U.S. support in its bitter territorial dispute with China. Obama made his first stop in Tokyo on a weeklong tour that will also take him to South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines. Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met over what's been described as the "world's best sushi" at Sukiyabashi Jiro, a top-rated restaurant in the Ginza district. The dinner also brought out the new U.S. ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy. On Thursday, Obama will start a formal state visit to the nation -- the highest designation for a foreign leader.President Obama says a set of disputed islands fall under a U.S.-Japanese treatyHe makes the comments to Japanese paper ahead of a visit to AsiaChina disputes his assertion, saying the U.S. should "respect the truth"
_ begins Asia trip with 'the best sushi I've ever had'.