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

5 January 2010

International News

Political

• Tokyo (Reuters) Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Monday urged his party to go all out to win vital upper house elections this year, as economic and diplomatic woes erode support for his three-month-old administration (The Nation, p- 9)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledged on Monday to pursue more equal relations with the United States as Tokyo seeks to defuse a row with its close ally over where to move an American military base (Daily Times, p- A9)

• Madrid / Tokyo (APP) Spain and Japan also announced to close their embassies in Yemen (Nawa-i-Waqt, p- 12)

Economic

• Tokyo (AFP) The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) reported a smooth start for its fast new trading system launched Monday-part of efforts to stay ahead of rival Asian bourses following a series of technical problems (Daily Times, p- B4)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan Airlines’ shares soar on credit lifeline (Daily Times, p- B4)