Dutch PM Balkenende talks with Japanese PM Hatoyama

Dutch PM Balkenende talks with Japanese PM Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009, before their talks.

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (R) talks with Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009. (Pool photo)

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009, before their talks. (Pool photo)

Leaders of G-8, developing countries end session in Italy

Leaders of G-8, developing countries end session in Italy

L'AQUILA, Italy - (From L to R in front line) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, chairman of the African Union, (from L to R in middle), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, (from L to R in back line), Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende pose for photos after an expanded session of the Group of Eight summit in Italy on July 10. (Pool photo)

Koizumi thanks Dutch for maintaining security in Samawah

Koizumi thanks Dutch for maintaining security in Samawah

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende shake hands in the Siebold House in Leiden, the Netherlands, on May 2 prior to their talks.

Koizumi thanks Dutch for maintaining security in Samawah

Koizumi thanks Dutch for maintaining security in Samawah

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende shake hands in the Siebold House in Leiden, the Netherlands, on May 2 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (R) talks with Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009, before their talks. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Dutch PM Balkenende talks with Japanese PM Hatoyama

Dutch PM Balkenende talks with Japanese PM Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009, before their talks. (Kyodo)

Leaders of G-8, developing countries end session in Italy

Leaders of G-8, developing countries end session in Italy

L'AQUILA, Italy - (From L to R in front line) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, chairman of the African Union, (from L to R in middle), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, (from L to R in back line), Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende pose for photos after an expanded session of the Group of Eight summit in Italy on July 10. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)