By Kwan Weng Kin, Japan Correspondent

TOKYO: The leaders of Singapore and Japan yesterday exchanged ideas on how to build on the momentum generated by the recent meeting of 20 major economies towards the goal of sustaining economic growth and linking up the Asia-Pacific region.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Singapore media that talks with his Japanese counterpart, Mr Yukio Hatoyama, focused on the results of the recent Group of 20 (G-20) meeting in Pittsburgh and how to build on them in this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting in Singapore and next year's Apec meeting in Japan.

Mr Lee, who is here on a four-day visit, is one of the first foreign leaders to have talks with the new Japanese Prime Minister after the latter's inauguration on Sept 16 following a landslide victory by his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the recent elections.

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