President Obama's Speech in Japan

The US president Obama had a short visit in Japan last week. I read that Japanese publishers and English schools consider Obama's speeches as great material for English studies. I thought you might be able to learn something from Japanese translations of his speeches. Here is the beginning of the speech he made in Tokyo:

"It is wonderful to be back in Japan. Some of you may be aware that when I was a young boy, my mother brought me to Kamakura, where I looked up at that centuries-old symbol of peace and tranquility -- the great bronze Amida Buddha. And as a child, I was more focused on the matcha ice cream. And I want to thank Prime Minister Hatoyama for sharing some of those memories with more ice cream last night at dinner. Thank you very much. But I have never forgotten the warmth and the hospitality that the Japanese people showed a young American far from home."

By the way, I love matcha (green tea) ice cream, too! "Obama's matcha ice cream" might be selling soon in Kamakura.
Japanese translation