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

4 July, 2009

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

POLITICAL

1. Tokyo (Agencies) Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won’t be going to Pearl Harbor. (The Frontier Post, p-5)  

ECONOMIC 
-     Tokyo (Reuters) Major countries should support the dollar as the key international currency, although emerging nations may discuss a new global reserve currency on the sidelines of the G8 summit next week, a Japanese official said on Friday. (Daily Times, p-B5)  
MISC

1. Tokyo (AFP) Old Asia-Pacific amps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover of the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday. (The News, p-11)