FILE - In this April 23, 2012, Myanmar President Thein Sein speaks during a news conference in Tokyo. The Myanmar's reformist president left Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, for New York to tout his country's makeover at the United Nations and push for an end to sanctions, in the first U.S. visit by a leader of the former international pariah since 1966. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE