English paper 5

I tried Daily Yomiuri Online.http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/

I read "Hatoyama opens 'Hato Cafe'blog,twitter account".

I transelated this article.


Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has begun blogging at his "Hato Cafe" Web site and started to use Twitter, a Web communication tool for posting one's opinions and reading those of other people.

Hatoyama aims to directly communicate with citizens through the sites. Hatoyama had reportedly said he would occasionally check opinions of the public posted on the Web sites of the Prime Minister's Office.

His first "Hato Cafe" blog post appeared at 10:30 a.m. Friday and included a photo he took of the morning sky at the prime minister's residence on New Year's Day.

In the blog, he wrote, "I'm going now to attend the ceremony at the Imperial Palace to celebrate the New Year." Some observers said the prime minister should not reveal his schedule on the Web sites for security reasons.

鳩山由紀夫首相は自らのブログ「鳩cafe」を開設し、人々の意見を閲覧・投稿できるウェブコミュニケーションツール「ツイッター」の利用を始めた。

鳩山首相はサイトを通じて国民と直接対話することを狙う。首相は首相執務室でウェブサイトに投稿された国民の意見を時折チェックしたいと言った。

「鳩cafe」は一日金曜日の午前十時半に初めて更新され、元日に公邸で撮った朝の空の写真を載せた。

ブログでは、「今から皇居での新年祝賀の儀に出席する」と書いた。警備上、首相はサイトで自らの予定を載せるべきではないとの声もある。