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Japan’s New Prime Minister Posted by Ginny on Jun 5, 2010
On June 2nd, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (鳩山由紀夫 or Hatoyama Yukio) announced his resignation as Prime Minister. The former Prime Minister (pictured left) broke his promise to close an American military base in Okinawa (沖縄). Poor public opinion in the polls and with an upper house election coming up next month, Hatoyama was forced to…