Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Longtime opposition leader Hatoyama was elected prime minister Wednesday, promising to reinvigorate Japan's economy and shake up government with his left-of-center party after more than 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by conservatives. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Longtime opposition leader Hatoyama was elected prime minister Wednesday, promising to reinvigorate Japan's economy and shake up government with his left-of-center party after more than 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by conservatives.

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  1. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, accompanied by Finance Minister Naoto Kan, listens to opposition party Liberal Democratic Party leader Sadakazu Tanigaki casting questions on Hatoyama's policy speech during a lower house diet session in parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
  2. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, accompanied by Finance Minister Naoto Kan, listens to opposition party Liberal Democratic Party leader Sadakazu Tanigaki casting questions on Hatoyama's policy speech during a lower house diet session in parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
  3. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, top right, accompanied by Finance Minister Naoto Kan, listens to opposition party Liberal Democratic Party leader Sadakazu Tanigaki casting questions on Hatoyama's policy speech during a lower house diet session in parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
  4. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right on the second row podium from top, makes a policy speech in parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Hatoyama pledged Friday to decide by May on where to relocate a U.S. Marine base on the southern island of Okinawa that has strained ties between the nations, saying their security alliance remains indispensable.
  5. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, and Finance Minister Naoto Kan share a light moment at a plenary session at the lower house of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Later in the day, the lower house approved a supplementary budget containing stimulus measures to shore up the weak economy.
  6. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, top center, walks past Ichiro Ozawa, bottom right, secretary-general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, to return to his seat after the lower house of Parliament approved a supplementary budget containing stimulus measures to shore up the weak economy during a plenary session in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Bottom left is former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata.
  7. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, and Finance Minister Naoto Kan bow as the lower house of Parliament approved a supplementary budget containing stimulus measures to shore up the weak economy during a plenary session in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.
  8. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, listens to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano before the opening of a session of Lower House Budget Committee in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Hatoyama said Monday he may nix a key military deal with Washington on relocating U.S. troops, after Sunday's local election in Okinawa showed that residents oppose any new Marine base in their region.
  9. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Finance Minister Naoto Kan attend the lower house budget committee at Parliament in Tokyo January 21, 2010. Kan said there was no need to compile an extra budget now for the fiscal year from April to prop up the economy, despite concern about the chances of a double-dip recession ahead of a mid-year election.
  10. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) attends the opening of an ordinary session of the parliament in Tokyo January 18, 2010. Voter support for Hatoyama and his party has fallen due to a funding scandal linked to his powerful No.2 party executive, two media surveys showed on Monday, raising the risk of a policy stalemate.
  11. TOKYO - JANUARY 18: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Naoto Kan (L) leave after attending the 174th ordinary Diet session at the Lower House on January 18, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
  12. TOKYO - JANUARY 18: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) looks on as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Naoto Kan delivers a speech during the 174th ordinary Diet session at the Lower House on January 18, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
  13. TOKYO - JANUARY 18: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) looks on as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Naoto Kan finishes a speech during the 174th ordinary Diet session at the Lower House on January 18, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
  14. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) bows next to Finance Minister Naoto Kan (C) and Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada during a lower house plenary session at Parliament in Tokyo January 18, 2010. Voter support for Hatoyama and his party has fallen due to a funding scandal linked to his powerful No.2 party executive, two media surveys showed on Monday, raising the risk of a policy stalemate.
  15. Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan, left, and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, share a light moment after a speech on the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's frame work of a new budget during a parliamentary session at the Lower house in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.
  16. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Finance Minister Naoto Kan attend a lower house plenary session at Parliament in Tokyo January 18, 2010. Voter support for Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his party has fallen due to a funding scandal linked to his powerful No.2 party executive, two media surveys showed on Monday, raising the risk of a policy stalemate.

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