A new Yomiuri poll conducted over the weekend had support for the Hatoyama Cabinet down 4 points in the last month, to 59%. This is still a relatively high level of support for a Japanese Prime Minister and his Cabinet, but support has been falling steadily since the election a few [...]

An Asahi Shimbun poll released today showed that government support remains steady at around 62%, with voters generally happy with the efforts of the new government so far. Perhaps the most startling result of the November 14 and 15 poll was that only 16% of respondents said that the Cabinet should [...]

Two polls, taken by Nikkei with TV Tokyo, as well as by Mainichi, showed the Hatoyama government still enjoys high support almost 50 days after their election victory. The Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll showed an approval rating of 73%, while Mainichi also had a rating of 72%.

In contrast, both [...]

If I had a dollar for every time an English student has misused the word ‘expect’… Just the other day I heard it again – ‘I expect the new government very much’. ‘Expect them to do what?’ was my inner gut reaction. But I knew what they meant, and corrected them. They expect a lot [...]

The Hatoyama Cabinet has been announced, with Hatoyama Yukio to be installed as Prime Minister by around 3PM today. The following is a list of the new Cabinet, with almost 100 links to their Japanese and English home pages and profiles, as well as links to their Ministries.

Hatoyama Cabinet
Prime Minister

(首相官邸) http://www.kantei.go.jp/
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