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HARDtalk:
Hatsuhisa Takashima
On
BBC News 24's HARDtalk tonight (Monday 2 June), Tim Sebastian talks
to Hatsuhisa Takashima, Japanese foreign ministry spokesman.
Aid
to the developing world is high on the agenda at the G8 meeting,
which started in Paris on 1 June.
But
for one of the G8 members, Japan, domestic issues may prove even
more pressing.
There
are rumours of splits within the Government over how to tackle North
Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Meanwhile,
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may have strengthened ties with
the United States, but his critics accuse him of ignoring Japan's
domestic economic troubles.
Hatsuhisa
Takashima is a spokesman for Japan's foreign ministry. Tim Sebastian
asks him whether Koizumi could pay the price for his diplomatic
successes.
HARDtalk
is on BBC News 24 at 11.30pm.
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