Imported captions are hidden in Lightroom 3?

I downloaded Lightroom 3 and installed it on a desktop with Windows 7.
I imported the pictures from Windows Photo Viewer in Lightroom 3 (function Add).
The problem now is, that I get in the exif or exif/IPTC pop-up menu, only the filename, the map and the camera conditions. Unfortunately were captions like title and subject of the pictures not visible in Lightroom 3! Just these items are most important for me!
Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this?

John,
Many thanks for your help. You located my problem and shows also the way how to solve.
What did I do?
I downloaded as third-party tool the Windows Executable Exiftool and put this program in the Windows map. Then I downloaded ExiftoolGui.
I selected in ExiftoolGui only pixtures from older versions of Windows.
Then I choose the right button “Exiftool direct” and typed the command:
-xptitle>xmp:imagedescription
Then press OK. A pop up menu shows how many pictures are changed and unchanged.
After that I choose again the button “Exiftool direct” and typed now the command:
-xpsubject>xmp:headline
Press again OK. A pop up menu shows how many pictures are changed and unchanged.
I start now LR 3 and select in the Library the already imported pictures. Then, I right click in the selected pictures and click on "Metadata” and after that I choose for “Read metadata from files”. The process starts, this takes a several seconds depending on how many pictures are selected.
The result: Unbelievable, this works, I see now my personal tags/captions in LR3 !! Problem solved.
Best regards,
Hub

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