'Space alien' Hatoyama meets Wakata on return from space

'Space alien' Hatoyama meets Wakata on return from space

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) shakes hands with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (L) at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2009, after Wakata visited Japan on completing his four-and-a-half-month stay at the International Space Station in late July, with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan also present (R). The premier and the astronaut traded jokes about the premier's nickname ''space alien'' at the outset of their meeting. (Kyodo)

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