Yukio Hatoyama, Head of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's future prime minister  and a member of the Davos Caucus, gave a glimpse of his economic policy in a keynote address at the opening of the World Economic Forum Japan Meeting 2009, held in Tokyo on 4 September.

"We cannot just leave everything to the markets. We need to have a balance between government regulations and free market activities," said Yukio Hatoyama, Head of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) after the landslide victory of his party at the recent general elections.

The Japan Meeting, organized by the Japan Davos Caucus, brought together 100 Japanese leaders from business, politics, government, academia and civil society. The meeting focused on Japan’s role in global affairs following the general election of the Japanese lower house. Participants discussed Japan’s most important economic and business challenges in an informal, peer-to-peer setting.

The one day meeting coincided with the opening of the Forum's Japan office in Tokyo. The office will actively facilitate communication and cooperation between Japanese institutions from business and government and global institutions.