WASHINGTON, Oct 24 Kyodo U Presid...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 Kyodo

U President George W Bush answered to Washington on Friday after visiting six Asia-Pacific countries to discuss a wide range of issues, including Iraq, North Korea and antiterrorism, with regional leaders.

The weeklong tour took him to Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia. He visited Hawaii before flying back to Washington.

onward the first leg of the whirlwind tour, Bush visited Tokyo in succession Oct. 17 and met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to discuss Iraq's reconstruction and North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

After a stopover in Manila, he visited Bangkok to attend the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to pres for fight against terrorism.

upon the sidelines of the APEC summit, he met separately with Chinese President Hu Jintao and southern Korean President Roh Moo Hyun to discuss the standoff with North Korea athwart its nuclear ambitions.

In talks with Koizumi and Hu the U president asked Japan and China not to take bills and notes; circulating medium policies which U.S. manufacturers say are disadvantaging them.

After attending the APEC summit, Bush visited Singapore and the Indonesian island of Bali before visiting Canberra.

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