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

6 November 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (By Linda Sieg) New Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is facing harsh opposition grilling in Parliament over a political funding scandal, but looks likely to survive the fuss as it stands (Dawn, p- 10)

• Tokyo (REUTERS) A US diplomat said on Thursday that Washington was “fully committed” to its alliance with Japan, as the two governments prepared for a visit by President Barack Obama that has been clouded by a feud over a US Marine base (Daily Times, p- A9)

• Tokyo (Agencies) Japan will speed up its review of a deal to move a major US military base on the southern island of Okinawa, officials said Thursday, but no final decision was expected in time for President Barack Obama’s visit to Tokyo next week (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)

• Tokyo (AFP) A Japanese nuclear power plant on Thursday started using recycled mixed-oxide or MOX fuel from a controversial shipment from France that arrived in the country amid protests in May (Pakistan Observer, p- 8)