From the News, Nation, Dawn, Pakistan Observer, Daily Times, Frontier Post, Nawa-i-Waqt (Urdu), Jang (Urdu) and daily Express (Urdu) newspapers                                                                            

23 December 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (AP) Japan celebrates the 20th Anniversary of His Majesty Emperor Akihito’s Accession to the Throne and the 50th Anniversary of the wedding of Their Majesties Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (The Nation , p- 2)

• Tokyo (Reuters) Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazwa said that May was the deadline for resolving a row over the relocation of a US military base on the southern island of Okinawa which risks fraying ties with Washington. (The Nation , p- 9)