ニュース 2008/12/18 DPJ Secretary General Hatoyama and Vice President Okada Meet Australian Foreign Minister and Defense Minister On December 18, DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama and Vice President Katsuya Okada were invited to a luncheon party hosted by Australian Ambassador to Japan HE Alistair McLean where they also met with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith and Australian Minister for Defense Joel Fitzgibbon. Other DPJ members attending the function were Next Finance Minister Masaharu Nakagawa, Corporate & External Organisations Committee Chair Takeshi Maeda and Next Vice Minister of Defense Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi. In addition to reconfirming the friendly ties between Japan and Australia, the DPJ members also engaged in frank exchanges of opinion.