Japanese premier Yukio Hatoyama resigns; fourth PM to quit within 1st year
By John Pomfret Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 1, 2010; 9:47 PM
BEIJING -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who ended five decades of single-party rule when he swept to power in August but stumbled when he confronted the country's longtime ally, the United States, resigned Wednesday.
Hatoyama quit at a meeting of leaders of the Democratic Party of Japan, becoming the fourth straight Japanese leader to leave after a year or less in office.
Analysts and diplomats predicted that Finance Minister Naoto Kan could succeed Hatoyama. On a trip to the United States in April, Kan laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solder at Arlington National Cemetery -- a visit that one senior diplomat described as a "campaign stop."
Hatoyama's resignation came just eight months after his party won an historic election ousting the Liberal Democratic Party, which had dominated Japanese politics for almost half a century.
Still, his exit was widely predicted. Public support for Hatoyama had dropped precipitously as he stumbled to handle Japan's economy and its foreign relations -- especially its relations with the United States.
he promised to move a u.s. military base in okinawa to a more remote location, but the u.s. opposed, so he changed his mind, and now the okinawa japs are pissed off.
He promised something that he couldn't accomplish and it pissed people off who voted for him.
It's the first time this has ever happened in human history.
i don't know what you're trying to say with this, but just to clarify, i'm not lullzing at this specific event, but at the 4th japanese pm in a row to quit within the year.
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rafa_garcia18 wrote:
Electromatic wrote:
He promised something that he couldn't accomplish and it pissed people off who voted for him.
It's the first time this has ever happened in human history.
i don't know what you're trying to say with this, but just to clarify, i'm not lullzing at this specific event, but at the 4th japanese pm in a row to quit within the year.
Tokyo is the most amazing city I've ever been too. Superior to London, Paris, NYC, Sydney, LA. I don't give a shit who runs the government, so long as they keep the contract they have with my employer, and I get to go back in early November.
Tokyo is the most amazing city I've ever been too. Superior to London, Paris, NYC, Sydney, LA. I don't give a shit who runs the government, so long as they keep the contract they have with my employer, and I get to go back in early November.
what's so great about it? i've always wanted to go for some reason, but i really can't tell specifically why.
Tokyo is the most amazing city I've ever been too. Superior to London, Paris, NYC, Sydney, LA. I don't give a shit who runs the government, so long as they keep the contract they have with my employer, and I get to go back in early November.
what's so great about it? i've always wanted to go for some reason, but i really can't tell specifically why.
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broken iris wrote:
Tokyo is the most amazing city I've ever been too. Superior to London, Paris, NYC, Sydney, LA. I don't give a shit who runs the government, so long as they keep the contract they have with my employer, and I get to go back in early November.
Just out of curiosity what company are you working for? And are you sure you're going to Tokyo? Most people get sent to the sticks.....
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Tokyo is the most amazing city I've ever been too. Superior to London, Paris, NYC, Sydney, LA. I don't give a shit who runs the government, so long as they keep the contract they have with my employer, and I get to go back in early November.
what's so great about it? I've always wanted to go for some reason, but i really can't tell specifically why.
Rome may be the eternal city, but I would call Tokyo the infinite city. Literally, you could eat a different restaurant for each meal of each day of your life and never eat at the same place twice. Any type of work you could want is represented there, and they actually take pride in what they do, from the burger flipper at McDonald's to ever present businessmen. The hybridization of cultures is incredible. You have everything from the bar district in Shinjuku where non-Japanese people aren't welcome to the Nigerian hustlers of Ropongi offering up everything the world has to offer. The interspersion of the cultural sites and parks in the city almost makes it seem like they planned it all out a hundred years ago. Massive and beautiful skyscrapers mix in with traditional temples. You just cannot get bored there.
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