Hollywood royalty arrives in Japan.<br/> <br />Actress Meryl Streep and "The Iron Lady" director Phyllida Lloyd travel to Tokyo for the film's premiere.<br/> <br />Key moments in former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's life are the subject of the film.<br/> <br />She was considered as a trailblazer when it comes to equal rights between the sexes in Britain.<br/> <br />Lloyd says a woman of Thatcher's status was needed to be played by a woman of similar status in today's world.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Phyllida Lloyd, director, saying (English):<br/> <br />"We all understood that we needed another global superstar to play her (Margaret Thatcher), that somebody of Meryl's intellectual and breadth."<br/> <br />Just days after Streep snagged the Best Actress Oscar for her role and days before the one-year memorial of Japan's earthquake and tsunami, she was humbled to be in Japan.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Meryl Streep, actress, saying (English):<br/> <br />"So, I bring the film with respect and with great hope that things will get better soon for them (3.11 victims and families)."<br/> <br />"The Iron Lady" opens in theaters across Japan on March 16.<br/> <br />Alicia Powell, Reuters.
