Japan Times :: Sunday, September 27, 2009

• 15. THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK - HIROAKI SATO
  Hatoyama just calling it as it is
  Sept. 27, 2009
  By HIROAKI SATO
  NEW YORK — I was startled to receive a letter from a friend in Tokyo earlier this month accompanied by a Sankei Shimbun article by Yukio Okamoto sharply upbraiding Yukio Hatoyama. continued ...


• 20. NATIONAL NEWS
  Okada to attend Mekong area meet
  Sept. 27, 2009
  Kyodo News
  Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada will make a two-day visit to Cambodia starting Friday to attend a meeting of foreign ministers from five Mekong area countries, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release Friday. continued ...


• 26. NATIONAL NEWS
  Refueling mission will not go on: Hatoyama
  Sept. 27, 2009
  PITTSBURGH (Kyodo) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he has no intention of simply extending Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations after the law authorizing it expires in January, and that his government is looking to help in a way that is beneficial to both the Afghan people and the United States. continued ...


• 30. NATIONAL NEWS
  Kitazawa seeks new plan for Futenma
  Sept. 27, 2009
  NAGO, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on Saturday inspected the coastal part of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, the place where Futenma Air Station is scheduled to be moved to, and said he was eager to take a new approach to the issue "as soon as possible." continued ...


• 39. NATIONAL NEWS - MARIKO YASUMOTO
  Pledges easy part for Hatoyama
  Sept. 27, 2009
  Despite successful diplomatic debut, can new leader make good on raft of promises?
  By MARIKO YASUMOTO, Kyodo News
  PITTSBURGH — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama may have just scored on his diplomatic debut, but now it's time for him to deliver. continued ...


• 48. NATIONAL NEWS
  Kawabe dam locals promised support
  Sept. 27, 2009
  ITSUKI, Kumamoto Pref. (Kyodo) Land minister Seiji Maehara on Saturday visited the site in Kumamoto Prefecture where the Kawabe River Dam was supposed to be built and told local residents new legislation will be drafted to compensate them for its cancellation. continued ...


• 50. EDITORIAL
  Resolution for going nonnuclear
  Sept. 27, 2009
  The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution "to seek a safer world for all and create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons." continued ...