Yukio Hatoyama Archive

Japan’s Hatoyama Steps Down over Base Row

According to national broadcaster NHK, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will announce his resignation at an emergency plenary meeting of ruling party lawmakers later today. Hatoyama’s broken campaign promise to move a US Marine base off Okinawa caused protests to erupt and approval ratings for the Democratic Party of Japan to drop severely. This announcement comes [...]
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US, Japan Officials Meet over Base Row
US, Japan Officials Meet over Base Row

TOKYO: The United States and Japan held talks on Tuesday over relocating an American military base but made little progress on resolving a row that has strained ties between the allies, officials said. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama suggested he would follow any decision by the working group, which includes Japan’s foreign and defence ministers as well [...]
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Japan in the spotlight in the lead-up to APEC 2009 Singapore

BY PETER DRYSDALE - When the 21 APEC leaders get together at their summit in Singapore next month, the spotlight will be on Japan and its new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. For one thing, this year is the twentieth anniversary of the birth of APEC in Canberra, in 1989. APEC is the child of a remarkable Japanese and Australian diplomatic initiative [...].
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