President Obama Meets with Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama FULL VIDEO

PRIME MINISTER HATOYAMA: (As translated.) President Obama, I would like to welcome you to Japan. I'd like to express my heartfelt welcome to you. It is very hard -- despite the tragedy of the mass shooting in your country, that you have taken time out of a busy schedule to come and join us here today. We're very thankful to you.

And today we have had a 90-minute, very intensive discussion. I'm very happy to have had this opportunity to hold this discussion.

Full transcript here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-barack-obama-and-prime-minister-yukio-hatoyama-japan-joint-press-

A-Bomb Victims, NGOs Dissatisfied With Nuclear Panel's Action Plans

HIROSHIMA, Oct 23 (Bernama)-- Nuclear arms reduction plans crafted this week by an international panel in Hiroshima will take too long to bring about a world free of nuclear arms, atomic bomb survivors and anti-nuclear non-governmental organisations say.

According to Japan's Kyodo news agency, the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament agreed on the action plans after a three-day meeting in the world's first atom-bombed city to discuss recommendations to world leaders on concrete steps for nuclear arms reduction.

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=448971