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

21 October 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (REUTERS) The United States wants to stick to a deal on realigning US troops in Japan, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday, giving Japan’s new government little room to move on an issue that could test ties (Daily Times, p- A9)

• Tokyo (AP) US leaders expect Japan’s new government to stick with existing agreements between the two nations, America’s top defence official said on Tuesday amid debate over whether to shutter a US military air field on Okinawa. Japanese officials, however, signaled that they expect flexibility from the US (Dawn, p- 11)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said on Tuesday he would study sending military personnel to help rebuild war-torn Afghanistan, a day before he was to meet visiting US counterpart Robert Gates (Daily Times, p- A5)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s Empress Michiko on her 75th birthday Tuesday issued a call for the abolition of atomic weapons and praised US President Barack Obama’s push for a nuclear-free world (Daily Times, p- A9)

• Tokyo (Picture) His Majesty Akihito, the Emperor of Japan along with his wife having a walk in his Palace. This picture is released on the occasion of 75th birthday of Her Majesty Michiko (Daily Express, p- 10)

International News

Economic

• Tokyo (APP) The biggest car show “Tokyo Motor Show” will start in Japan today (Daily Jang, p- iv)

• Tokyo (APP) The government of Japan will soon make new plans for recovery of its airline from financial crisis (Daily Jang, p- iv)

MISC

• (AFP) Japan’s Samurai art on show in New York  (Daily Times, p- B8)