Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama attended a meeting of the Council for Gender Equality at the Prime Minister's Office.

This was the first Council meeting after the inauguration of the Hatoyama Cabinet. In the opening address, Prime Minister Hatoyama said, "I have been advocating the realization of a society of yu-ai [fraternity]. A gender-equal society presumes a society of fraternity. The reality is that we have only reached half-way. I call on the distinguished members of the Council who have come together here today to express your views fully to the new government in order to realize a gender-equal society in the true sense."