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

22 October 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (REUTERS) Tokyo may not have the money to complete its joint missile defence plans with the United States, aimed at protecting it from regional threats such as North Korea, Japan’s defence minister said on Wednesday  (Daily Times, p- A9)

Economic

• CHIBA (AFP) Electric cars take on hybrids at Tokyo show (Daily Times, p- B5)

• Tokyo (AFP) Nearly one in every six Japanese lives in poverty, one of the highest rates among developed countries, according to the latest survey by Japan’s welfare ministry (Dawn, p-11)

MISC

• (AFP) Blue roses to debut in Japan  (Daily Times, p- B8)