[riverakathy]

He should had stood firm and kick US bases out of Japan instead of quitting. Sad soft Japanese.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/wo...a/02japan.html


Prime Minister of Japan Tells Nation He Plans to Quit
Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg News



Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s prime minister, center, plans to resign.
By M. AMEDEO TUMOLILLO
Published: June 1, 2010

Japan’s prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, told the nation in a televised address Wednesday that he plans to resign.
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Times Topics: Yukio Hatoyama | Japan

His announcement came after his approval ratings dipped in recent weeks. He recently reneged on a prominent campaign promise by announcing that an American air base would be moved only to the north side of Okinawa rather than off the island. But in announcing his intention to leave, he blamed a failure to remove the influence of money from politics.

“The relationship with politics and money was what I wanted to say farewell to in Democratic Party politics,” Mr. Hatoyama said, according to a live translation of his address by Japan’s NHK television. “Because of this I myself will have to resign the post as prime minister.”

In national elections in 2009, Mr. Hatoyama’s Democratic Party roundly defeated the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party, ending a half-century of virtually uninterrupted one-party rule in the country.

Mr. Hatoyama’s election then came on a tide of voter dissatisfaction, after three bumbling Liberal Democratic leaders lasted a year or less in office, and Japan was hit hard by the global economic slowdown.

Before his address Wednesday, Mr. Hatoyama told senior officials of the ruling Democratic Party of his plans to resign, according to NHK, which first reported the news.

The prime minister has faced growing pressure from within his own party to resign ahead of July elections.

In his live address to the nation, Mr. Hatoyama spoke extensively about the relocation of U.S. marine base in Okinawa, saying he still supports moving the base off the island in the future, but security reasons prevented it for now.

"Japan and the U.S. must maintain a strong alliance, not just for Japan, but also for peace and stability of eastern Asia," he said. "In order to uphold this alliance, it is very unfortunate, but I had to ask Okinawa to continue to shoulder this burden."

[TudareWQT]

tough job for him. The US base thingy is a hot potato - but at least he did good - his successor won't have to handle this issue ho ho.

[BashBeissedat]

Talk big! He just cannot afford to offend USA.

[TudareWQT]

yah..he needs US to cover his ass against China and N Korea.

But if you look at Philippines, they also manage to kick US out...

[riverakathy]

Talk big! He just cannot afford to offend USA.

Want evict Yankees very simple, just pay the price. The Filipinos already proved it. When money need to be lost then lose them, when people need to bleed then bleed so, when damages need to be done then do so, when lives need to perish then let die. Then it would be done.

Too soft? Then go home and suck your mom's milk!

[riverakathy]

Talk big! He just cannot afford to offend USA.

US is not so big thing these days, just like previously Soviet Union was a big thing, the US is losing it own weight and power and not to say wealth.

Uncle Sam is broke, owes much more debts than 5 Soviet Unions.

Uncle Sam can not fight even Somalian pirates BLACK HAWK DOWN. Withdraw from Iraq like a fucked whore. Going down in Afghan just like USSR. GIs are much more coward pussies then Vietnam days, can not afford to bleed nor die. Even worse when compared with Korean War GIs, and really put their WW2 grandfathers to shame, and their Civil War great grandfathers will disown them.

Uncle Sam have no power in UN any more, only owes UN too many billions.

Economic power? US can still buy some products but only can not afford to pay for them! They will continue to owe Ah Loong & expect you to be foolish enough to keep selling them FOC. Japs may be the sucker for US, but not PRC & India nor Vietnam.

What power is really still left with US? May be just this Internet, but the world can still have Internet without USA. Just cut off US and lay optical fiber elsewhere or link via satellites. It is a only a matter of time this will be the case.

What is the USA? Center of this universe? Who really need USA or depend solely on USA? No body!

[Twelearly]

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