1.   It seems that old man Elliott was friends with a general from Georgia who witnessed the hanging of the Japanese premier for war crimes.

2.   The Japanese premier said he would send Foreign Minister Yukio Ikeda to Lima later in the day.

3.   Peruvian president to meet with Japanese premier on hostage crisis With Peru-Hostages-Now What?

4.   And earlier this year, then-Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori became the first Japanese premier to travel to sub-Saharan Africa.

5.   Earlier this year, then-Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori became the first Japanese premier to travel to sub-Saharan Africa.

6.   Hirabayashi is due Monday to hand over Prime Minister Rafik Hariri a letter from Hashimoto, the Japanese premier.

7.   His visit to Damascus is the first by a Japanese premier.

8.   It will be the first meeting between Koizumi and the leaders since the Japanese premier took office in April.

9.   Japanese premier, Clinton to discuss economy, trade, defense.

10.   It will be the first meeting between Koizumi and Jiang since the Japanese premier took office in April.