Mainichi :: Thursday, September 24, 2009

• Hatoyama meets South Korean president to discuss bringing North back to Six-Party Talks
  NEW YORK -- Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama met with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in New York on Wednesday afternoon (local time), to discuss how Japan, the U.S. and South Korea can bring the reclusive North back to the Six-Party Talks after its withdrawal in April. continued ...


• Hatoyama calls for solution to Northern Territories dispute in talks with Medvedev
  NEW YORK -- Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama called for an early solution to a territorial dispute with Russia as he held his first talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in New York on Wednesday. continued ...


• Fisheries minister inspects Tsukiji market in review of relocation plan
  Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hirotaka Akamatsu inspected Tsukiji Market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday, in a bid to review its planned relocation to the Toyosu district. continued ...


• Japan's first lady visits Japanese school in Connecticut ★
  NEW YORK -- Japanese first lady Miyuki Hatoyama, who is visiting New York with her husband Yukio Hatoyama for the annual U.N. General Assembly session, visited a Japanese school in a nearby city in Connecticut on Tuesday. continued ...


• Minister rules out revival of scrapped dam project in Gunma
  Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Seiji Maehara said that the government will not be reviving the controversial Yanba Dam project during an inspection of the site on Wednesday, despite anger from local residents. continued ...


• Hatoyama meets Obama for first time ★
  NEW YORK (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday that their countries' alliance will remain strong despite recent signals by the new Japanese leader that he is shifting away from Washington. continued ...


• Hatoyama, Obama meet at U.N. good for photo op, but talks on real issues yet to come ★
  NEW YORK -- During Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Wednesday meeting with President Barack Obama, in which they discussed global warming and nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, the prime minister sought to show he was ready to tackle problems of global importance arm-in-arm with the United States. continued ...