PM Hatoyama Resigns
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has just announced his resignation.
Hatoyama managed to hang on for only a little over eight months in the top job following his DPJ’s landslide victory in last summer’s general election, less even than his ill-fated predecessor, the last LDP PM, Taro Aso.
Hatoyama cited concerns about the upcoming election and acknowledged dwindling support for his Cabinet, which dropped below the fatal 20% mark, long the mark of doom for LDP PMs.
DPJ Secretary General said the Party would form a new Cabinet on Monday.
NHK is making unflattering comparisons, pointing out that Hatoyama’s tenure in the Kantei is 95 days longer than astronaut Soichi Noguchi’s stay on the International Space Station.
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