Prime Minister Hatoyama met on Monday with Chinese President Hu Jintao, where he apparently discussed the idea of an East Asian community, based on the European Union. I will admit that I don’t know all the ins and out of such a plan, and will be interested to learn more [...]

There is more than one ‘Hatoyama’ getting busy with new responsibilities after the success of the DPJ in the recent election. Obscure comedian Hatoyama Kuruo, 35, who lives in a 4 1/2 tatami wooden house with his wife bears such a striking resemblance to the new Prime Minister to be that his fortunes are completely [...]

Prime Minister to be, Hatoyama Yukio today again mentioned his ‘Hatoyama Initiative’ to be detailed at the UN later this month, which includes ambitious targets for environmental reform, including cuts in ‘emissions’ of 25% from 1990 levels by 2020. This is the same target that was included in the DPJ’s Bill [...]

A lot has already been said and written about the difficulties that will be faced by the DPJ in governing. Its only been a week since their big victory, and already the honeymoon is over, long before leader Hatoyama Yukio is even officially installed as Prime Minister. Arguments abound over whether or not the DPJ [...]

I’m sure that others will be covering this as well, but I couldn’t resist posting about it when I saw the article. The Independent have an article today which discusses some of the more unusual aspects of Japan’s soon to be First Lady, Hatoyama Miyuki.

In a book aptly named “Very Strange Things I’ve Encountered”, Hatoyama [...]

TV Asahi have called the election for DPJ – 315 seats to 106 according to exit polls…

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Today Japan go to the polls, and all expectations are that some time tonight we will see a new government elected. Could it be that Japan has finally developed a two-party system of government…?

I first came to Japan in 1992, and I was here for the short-lived attempt by Hosokawa to take over the government [...]