Japan' s PM Fukuda to make critical decisions

According to Bernama, Japan's new premier Yasuo Fukuda "intends to visit China at an early date" and The Japan Times also reports that China's Premier Wen Jiaobao "told a Japanese business delegation Thursday that he hopes new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will visit China at an early date". Meanwhile, according to AFP, US President George W. Bush has also invited Fukuda to visit the United States "at an early date" and Reuter reports that ambassadors from eleven countries including the United States and Pakistan " urged Tokyo on Thursday to extend its naval mission in support of US-led operations in Afghanistan". PM Fukuda certainly has some major decisions to be made for the future direction of Japan's foreign and security policies.

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