Japan's Abe seeks to show off alliance, get Obama nod on Abenomics


TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be seeking to put a strong U.S.-Japan alliance on full display in the face of potential threats from a nuclear North Korea and an assertive China when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday.

Abe, who has kept his ratings high since taking office for a in December, also needs Obama's signoff on his economic revival recipe of big spending and hyper-easy monetary policy.

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