sentence in china, and his wife and relatives are under strict surveillance by the government. many chinese democracy activists are arriving from countries and regions such as the u.s. and hong kong. on thursday about 50 protesters in front of the chinese embassy culled for liu s immediate release. we re not sure the solidarity with dr. liu xiaobo. china will not attend the ceremony and delegates from 20 countries with close relationships such as russia and iran are also likely to be absent. it s unusual for so many countries to refrain from attending the nobel peace prize nobel prize ceremony. at a news conference on thursday the chair of the norwegian nobel committee, thorbjorn jagland stressed the award. this is not a prize against china. everybody that wants to do business, they should be in favor of political reforms in china so that the economic development can go further. a chinese writer in japan says she was approached by liu xiaobo to convey his passion of
translator: dialogue for the sake of dialogue is meaningless. the key is to make progress in enforcing the agreements reached in past rounds of talks. i want to call on north korea to act first to increase transparency of its nuclear program by opening its facilities to inspectors from the international atomic energy agency. north korea has officially acknowledged it is constructing a light water nuclear reactor and is operating a uranium enrichment plant. the foreign ministers of japan, the u.s. and south korea are scheduled to meet in washington on monday to address tensions on the korean peninsula. maehara said he wants to discuss with his u.s. and south korean counterparts which conditions must be met before the three countries accept china s proposal for talks. large scale joint japanese-u.s. military drills have begun in various locations across japan. the eight-day exercise kicked off on wednesday involving 60 ships and 400 airplanes. 45,000 personnel from japan
what i see here physically is that north korea attacked this island, which is a clear violation of the armistice agreement. on friday afternoon, the sound of artillery shells being fired was heard six times coming from the north, but sources say it was just regular artillery training. military authorities fear the north may strike again as the u.s. and south korea are scheduled to begin joint military drills in the yellow sea on sunday. president lee myung-bak visited a hospital near seoul where the bodies of two soldiers killed in the attack are being kept. he expressed his regrets to the soldiers families. according to a public opinion survey, nearly half of south koreans say the government should take military countermeasures. north korea state media reported a planned military drill by the united states and south korea is pushing the korean peninsula to the brink of war. an nhk camera crew has been on yeonpyeong island. earlier we spoke with a reporter chloe jung.
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in the east asia summit, where he ll confirm that the united states and russia will join the regional forum next year. the prime minister will meet the leaders of singapore and new zealand separately. earlier the two countries signed the transpacific strategic economic partnership agreement. kan has said he will also consider joining the framework, which in principle abolishes tariffs on all products. meanwhile, the japanese government is coordinating talks with kan and chinese premier wen jiabao, where they hope to discuss ways to improve bilateral ties. iraq s oil minister has called on japanese companies to invest and start businesses in his country. however, we do wish to see more japanese companies actually coming and working not only in the fuel development, also in the refineries and the electricity. husain al-shahristani made the appeal at a meeting with japan s ambassador mitts owe sakaba on wednesday. sakaba, who s in charge of coordinating assistance for iraq