Japan PM wants to attend Games opening ceremony

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said on Friday he would like to attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, although a decision has yet to be announced.

Analysts said his comments - made days ahead of a visit by President Hu Jintao, the first by a Chinese president to Japan in a decade - on attending the August ceremony would be a friendly gesture toward China.

"It would be good if I could go," Fukuda told reporters.