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Obama Pushes Japan as Both Sides Work on Base Dispute
Nov 10th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama says heexpects Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to honor an agreement onAmerican troops in Japan as the two countries work to keep theissue from overshadowing this week’s summit.Obama Says Military Base Arrangements 'Serve Japan'
Nov 10th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said hewants Japan to fulfill an agreement on moving an Americanmilitary base that may overshadow his visit to Tokyo this week.Fitch Says Japan Recovery to Be 'Modest and Fragile'
Nov 10th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is unlikely to experience a“rapid economic recovery” as a stronger yen, falling pricesand unemployment weigh on growth, Fitch Ratings said.
Japan plans additional $5 billion for Afghanistan
Nov 10th, 2009 - Boston
TOKYO—Japan said Tuesday it plans to provide up to $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan, effectively replacing its naval refueling mission that supports U.S.-led coalition...
Japan sends aid to Afghanistan ahead of Obama visit
Nov 10th, 2009 - Washington Post
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it would give Afghanistan up to $5 billion in new aid, a package Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama hopes will improve strained security ties with Washington ahead of U.S...
Yukio Hatoyama videos from YouTube:
2:05Japan's quirky would-be first lady - 05 Sep 09
claims to have had a close encounter with another world. "While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus," Miyuki Hatoyama, the wife of premier-in-waiting Yukio Hatoyama ...
8:05MaximsNewsNetwork: YUKIO HATOYAMA @ UN: NUCLEAR WEAPONS
MaximsNewsNetwork: 24 September 2009 - UNTV: United Nations Security Council: Maintenance of international peace and security - Nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament. Japan - HE Mr ...
1:38Japanese Opposition Party Leader Votes Early
day. Political leaders are usually allowed to vote ahead of the general election in Japan which is coming up on Sunday. On Wednesday opposition party leader Yukio Hatoyama handed in his absentee ballot ...
2:30Japanese Elect New Leadership
to signal the closing of polls. During the next hours, as the numbers are tallied, it becomes evident that the country's political future is about to undergo an historic change. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan or DPJ ...
Yukio Hatoyama from WikiPedia:
Yukio Hatoyama (?????, Hatoyama Yukio?, born 11 February 1947) is the Prime Minister-designate of Japan and the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and represents the 9th district of Hokkaid? in the House of Representatives. He is set to become the next Prime Minister of Japan on 16 September 2009, following a win by the opposition coalition in the 2009 elections.
Hatoyama comes from a prominent Japanese political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family."
Hatoyama, who was born in Tokyo, is a fourth generation politician. His paternal great-grandfather, Kazuo Hatoyama, was speaker of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan from 1896 to 1897 during the Meiji era. Kazuo later served as the president of Waseda University. His paternal great-grandmother, Haruko Hatoyama, was a co-founder of what is known today as Kyoritsu Women's University.
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