Pro-Pyongyang Korean schools unlikely to be tuition-free: Hatoyam

Pro-Pyongyang Korean schools unlikely to be tuition-free: Hatoyam

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama answers questions from reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2010. The premier suggested the same day that pro-Pyongyang senior high schools for Korean residents are unlikely to be covered by a proposed tuition fee exemption program due to difficulties checking their curriculum against Japanese guidelines. (Kyodo)

Pro-Pyongyang Korean schools unlikely to be tuition-free: Hatoyam

Pro-Pyongyang Korean schools unlikely to be tuition-free: Hatoyam

TOKYO, Japan - Principals of pro-Pyongyang senior high schools for Korean residents and parents whose children go to such schools attend a press conference at the Diet building on Feb. 25, 2010 as they protest the government's move not to grant a proposed tuition fee exemption program for senior high schools in Japan. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama suggested the same day that such pro-Pyongyang schools are unlikely to be covered by the program due to difficulties checking their curriculum against Japanese guidelines. (Kyodo)

Clinton shows understanding on delay of Futemma decision: Hatoyam

Clinton shows understanding on delay of Futemma decision: Hatoyam

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters on Dec. 18, 2009, in Copenhagen, where he was attending a U.N. climate forum, about Japan's recent steps concerning the relocation of a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture. He said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her understanding of Japan's move to delay a decision on the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)