Japanese Prince Akishino meets Romanian president

Japanese Prince Akishino meets Romanian president Bucharest - Japanese Prince Akishino, continuing a tour of central and eastern Europe, met Wednesday in Bucharest with Romanian President Traian Basescu.

The Mediafax agency in Bucharest said the talks covered, among other topics, questions about the environment in the Danube River region.

Prince Akishino, accompanied by his wife the Princess Kiko, had arrived in Bucharest for a four-day stay in Romania. Beforehand the couple had visited Austria, Bulgaria and Hungary. (dpa)