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Japan's PM, Cabinet resign

Tokyo: Opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama has been elected prime minister of Japan. Parliament convened in a special session to formally select Hatoyama as the new leader after Prime Minister Taro Aso and his Cabinet resigned earlier in the day. Hatoyama' Full Article at Pakistan News.net

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  1. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammed bin Hammam, left presents trophy to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Player of the Year award winner Yasuhito Endo from Japan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.
  2. RICHMOND, TX - NOVEMBER 23: Ai Miyazato of Japan hits her tee shot on the eighth hole during the final round of the LPGA Tour Championship presented by Rolex at the Houstonian Golf and Country Club on November 23, 2009 in Richmond, Texas.
  3. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama inspects a debate between government appointed panels and bureaucrats over spending cuts at makeshift offices in a gym in Tokyo November 24, 2009.
  4. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 20: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) talk during their meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on November 20, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Yang is in Japan until November 22, his first visit since Japan's administration change.
  5. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, arrives at the Singapore Flyer observation wheel for a tour following the APEC Summit on November 15, 2009 in Singapore.
  6. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the closing declaration ceremony of the APEC Summit on November 15, 2009, in Singapore.
  7. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 14: Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and wife Miyuki Hatoyama look on as they ride in a traditional trishaw to attend a dinner after the 'Singapore Evening' concert during the second day of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit at Suntec Internatio...
  8. TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 13: U.S President Barack Obama (L) poses for the media with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the Prime Minister's official residence on November 13, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
  9. TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 7: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama prior to their meeting at the latter's official residence prior to the Mekong - Japan Summit Meeting on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.

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