Fukuda downsizing to smaller jet for Olympic visit
August 4th, 2008 by James
The Asahi Shinbun reports that Fukuda will be the first Japanese Prime Minister to use a small jet as transportation for an overseas trip:
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will use a smaller aircraft to fly to Beijing next Friday, instead of the government’s official jumbo jet, to underline Japan’s commitment to cutting carbon dioxide emissions, sources said.
Fukuda will fly aboard a 19-passenger Air Self-Defense Force U-4 utility aircraft to attend the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the sources said.
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It’s a shame it’s an unarmed military aircraft. He has a chance to finish what the Japanese started back in the 1930’s.
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Have all their major cities systematically decimated by nuclear weapons?
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