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Japan's Conservative Party Returns to Power
by the LDP, vowing bold change. But the party failed to follow through on its campaign promises. Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama was forced to resign over the controversy surrounding U.S. Marine base Futenma in Okinawa. His successor
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Japan Poised for Another Leader as Weary Voters Head to Polls
disappointment. Anger over the Okinawa base issue and the handling of the March 11 tsunami and nuclear disaster, forced leaders Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan to resign as party leaders. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's push to double the sales tax to tackle Japan's
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Japanese Finance Minister Set to Become Country's New PMago after nearly half a century under the LDP, but the DPJ has failed to live up to expectations. Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned just eight months after taking office, while Kan last ed just over a year. "Noda will have to
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Japanese Prime Minister Kan Signals Resignationmove forward with the reconstruction efforts." The no-confidence comes exactly one year after previous Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stepped down over his handling of a U.S. military base in Okinawa. Japan has gone through four prime
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Japan's New PM To Uphold U.S. Deal
extremely important." Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama had fought for the base to months in office. On Wednesday Hatoyama announced his resignation funding scandals by his aides. Hatoyama was the fourth Japanese prime
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Clinton Warns North Korea of 'Consequences' for Torpedo Attackthe southern island of Okinawa where half the 47,000 U.S. soldiers in Japan are stationed. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama had set a deadline to move out by the end of May, but the two countries have not come to an agreement as
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Two Koreas Trade Warnings Over Ship's Sinkingof State Hillary Clinton planned to visit Seoul during the last leg of her Asia trip next week. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledged his support for international action, calling North Korea's actions "inexcusable" and "hard
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Barack Obama a Year Later: The World View
inaugurated in 2009, met. President Obama and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama agreed that the alliance between the two countries in Afghanistan. And last month, Prime Minister Hatoyama delayed by several months a contentious decision
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Tony Blair, President of Europe?
group photo with the representatives of the globe’s biggest economies: President Hu Jintao of China, Prime minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan...and President Tony Blair of Europe . It just might happen. The European Union is going to
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Reality Check on Climate Summit: No Final Agreement Expected in Copenhagen
Minister Stephen Harper, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet, China’s President Hu Jinato, Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama , Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, South Korea
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Clem's Chronicles: Gitmo Detainees heading to NY/Water on the Moon/Obama in Asia
Japan. On Friday, the President met with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama , followed by a joint news conference. Jake Tapper Afghanistan and Pakistan."” Prime Minister Hatoyama was just elected in September on a
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A US-Japan Working Group on Marines At Okinawa That Seems to Be In the Eye of the Beholder
Thursday in Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and President Obama reaffirmed enough. And new Prime Minister Hatoyama was elected August partly by lives. So when Prime Minister Hatoyama said he wants to take into consideration
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Afghanistan On His Mind, President Obama Begins Tour of Pacific Rim
possible decisions." Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday morning at a joint support to Afghanistan," Hatoyama said that Japanese "will not we want to conduct." Added Hatoyama , "We understand that the
