On Thursday, October 1st, 2009, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki visited Copenhagen, the capital of the Kingdom of Denmark, to attend the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session where the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics would be decided.
During the Session on Friday, October 2nd, each of the four candidate cities gave their final presentations. Prime Minister Hatoyama delivered an address in English to promote Tokyo's bid to host the Olympics.