(Reuters) - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 22, 2008. Fukuda was in Beijing to attend the closing ceremony of the Sino-Japan Youth Friendship Year on December 20 when he also met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. REUTERS/Frederic J. Brown/Pool (CHINA)

DAILY REPORTS

Jan 07 Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports (International Herald Tribune) Jan 06 Editorial: Recession and election (Asahi) Jan 06 Senior official retracts remarks over jobless people (Kyodo) Jan 06 Ozawa and Obama: The U.S. can't afford to ignore Japan – especially this year (Wall Street Journal) Jan 05 Diet convenes, debates to focus on extra budget (Kyodo) Jan 05 Disgraced ex-lawmaker commits suicide (Asahi) Jan 03 Japan pledges $10 mil. in humanitarian aid to Palestinians (Kyodo) Dec 29 North Korea makes threat over aid loss (Reuters) Dec 29 China, Japan urge halt to Gaza conflict (Channel NewsAsia) Dec 29 Japan likely to drop plan to buy F-22 fighters (AFP) Dec 29 Pet tax to be discussed by LDP Diet members (Yomiuri) Dec 29 Cash-strapped states turn to Japanese method (sfexaminer.com) Dec 28 Govt likely to drop plan to procure F-22 planes (Yomiuri) Dec 28 Govt releases Takeshima book in 7 new languages (Times Online) Dec 28 Japan lagging in international piracy fight (Yomiuri) Dec 27 Women to serve on MSDF destroyers (Yomiuri) Dec 27 Sea Shepherd interferes with Japan's 'research whaling' (Kyodo) Dec 27 Japan PM orders preparations for Somalia mission (AFP) Dec 26 Japan to send destroyer for antipiracy mission off Somalia in Feb. (Kyodo) Dec 25 Japan approves 'unprecedented' recession budget (AFP) Dec 25 Japan PM rejects snap election but meets defiance (AFP) Dec 24 Japan approves 'unprecedented' recession budget (AFP) Dec 24 Gov't decides to extend Japan's refueling mission in Indian Ocean (Kyodo) Dec 24 Japan eyes providing anti-piracy patrol boats off Somalia (Kyodo) Dec 22 'Change in power' may take place as well in Japan in 2009 (Kyodo) Dec 22 China antipiracy move leaves Japan all at sea (Yomiuri) Dec 21 Defense budget edges down on bulk arms buys (Japan Times) Dec 21 Govt to earmark 69 bil. yen for U.S. troop transfer (Yomiuri) Dec 20 Cabinet OKs 4.79 trillion yen 2nd extra budget for FY 2008 (Kyodo) Dec 20 After ASDF's Iraq exit, what next? (Yomiuri) Dec 19 It's official: Aso family mine used POW labor (Japan Times) Dec 19 Opposition's employment plan gets nod (Japan Times) Dec 17 US to deploy stealth fighters to Japan (International Herald Tribune) Dec 17 DPRK newspaper calls Japan troublemaker of six-party talks (People's Daily) Dec 17 Japan quietly seeks global leadership niches (csmonitor.com) Dec 17 Japan eyes proactive climate diplomacy in 2009 (Japan Times) Dec 17 30 ASDF flights canceled in Iraqi airlift mission over threats (Kyodo) Dec 17 LDP eyes making official funds return 110 bil. yen to state coffers (Kyodo) Dec 17 Subpanel undecided on adulthood at 18 (Yomiuri) Dec 17 Govt instructs all ministries to shift to open tendering (Yomiuri) Dec 17 Green laws planned for sea (Yomiuri) Dec 16 Destroyer's missile defense system clears test despite failure (Kyodo) Dec 16 Japan, Australia to hold top security talks Thurs. (Kyodo) Dec 16 'I was mistaken for a disoriented old man,' says Aso (Kyodo) Dec 16 Japan's rising opposition submits job package (Gulf Times) Dec 15 Again, a Struggling Prime Minister in Japan (Washington Post) Dec 15 Japan begins pulling out Iraqi airlift mission (Kyodo) Dec 15 Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat: coast guard (AFP) Dec 13 U.S. welcomes extension of Japanese refueling mission (Kyodo) Dec 12 Japan's premiers doomed to failure (Asia Times)