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

4 September 2009

Local News

Political

• Islamabad (Article by Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik) Japan decides (The Nation, p- 7)

International News

Political

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s incoming premier Yukio Hatoyama said on Thursday relations with Washington would remain at the centre of the nation’s foreign policy after his first talks with US President Barack Obama (Daily Times, p- A9)

• (Comment by Gwynne Dyer: Arab News) If Japan is to become a normal democracy  (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)

• Tokyo  (Agencies) Japan’s next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, was to meet the US ambassador on Thursday as worries simmered about the allies’ ties after an election win by Hatoyama’s party, which has pledged a more independent diplomatic course (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)