TOKYO, September 17, SPA -- Japan's new prime minister will make his diplomatic debut next week with a visit to the UnitedNations and an economic summit meeting in Pittsburgh,officials said Thursday. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is also hoping to meet withPresident Barack Obama. The Japanese leader, who tookoffice Wednesday, has said he wants to review the status ofAmerica's military presence in Japan. Hatoyama was to leave for New York on Monday to addressthe General Assembly of the United Nations and then travelon to Pittsburgh for the Group of 20 economic meeting. Officials were trying to arrange a meeting with Obamawhile Hatoyama is in the U.S., but said they had notfinalized if or when that would happen, according to a report of The Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/700959