Yukio Hatoyama is the first Japanese PM to visit India in 25 years. He will meet top Indian industrialists in Mumbai on Monday to discuss the state of the global economy, the impact of the financial meltdown and ways to tackle it, the environment agenda post-Copenhagen, ways to increase trade between the two countries and foreign direct investment.
Images: Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama waves as his wife Miyuki looks on before boarding a special plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport on December 27, 2009Text: Business Standard
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