On Friday, October 9th, 2009, Prime Minister Hatoyama visited Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea (ROK).
On Saturday, October 10th, the Prime Minister attended the Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting and met with the two other leaders-Mr. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, and Mr. Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea.