Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, front row third from left, and his Cabinet members look on as an imperial palace official arranges position for a group photo session after an installation ceremony for Hatoyama's Cabinet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Others in the front row from left are: Population, Consumer Affairs, Gender Equality and Food Safety Minister Mizuho Fukushima, National Strategy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Hatoyama, Postal and Financial Minister Shizuka Kamei, National Public Safety Commission Chairman Hiroshi Nakai and Justice Minister Keiko Chiba. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, front row third from left, and his Cabinet members look on as an imperial palace official arranges position for a group photo session after an installation ceremony for Hatoyama's Cabinet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Others in the front row from left are: Population, Consumer Affairs, Gender Equality and Food Safety Minister Mizuho Fukushima, National Strategy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Hatoyama, Postal and Financial Minister Shizuka Kamei, National Public Safety Commission Chairman Hiroshi Nakai and Justice Minister Keiko Chiba.

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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. TOKYO - JANUARY 16: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Population and Gender Equality Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) speaks during the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)'s annual convention at Hibiya Kokaido on January 16, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary General of the ruling DPJ Ozawa's former secretary Tomohiro Ishikawa was arrested on January 15 for political funds scandals involving Ozawa's fund management body.
  8. Japan's Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima speaks during an interview in Tokyo January 12, 2010. Fukushima, a key member of Japan's coalition government, said on Tuesday she would fight to get a U.S. Marine base moved off Okinawa, but stopped short of repeating a threat to quit the government over the row, which has shaken U.S. ties. To match interview JAPAN-POLITICS/USA.
  9. Japan's Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima speaks during an interview in Tokyo January 12, 2010. Fukushima, a key member of Japan's coalition government, said on Tuesday she would fight to get a U.S. Marine base moved off Okinawa, but stopped short of repeating a threat to quit the government over the row, which has shaken U.S. ties. To match interview JAPAN-POLITICS/USA.
  10. Japanese Consumer Minister Mizuho Fukushima, right, shakes hands with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima after their meeting in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Fukushima, the leader of one of Japan's ruling coalition parties says she wants a U.S. Marine base moved off the southern island of Okinawa, deepening a dispute with Washington over the future of the airfield.
  11. Japanese Consumer Minister Mizuho Fukushima, center, speaks after a meeting with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Fukushima, the leader of one of Japan's ruling coalition parties says she wants a U.S. Marine base moved off the southern island of Okinawa, deepening a dispute with Washington over the future of the airfield.
  12. Japanese Consumer Minister Mizuho Fukushima, left, talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Fukushima, the leader of one of Japan's ruling coalition parties says she wants a U.S. Marine base moved off the southern island of Okinawa, deepening a dispute with Washington over the future of the airfield.
  13. Japan's Finance Minister Naoto Kan (R) gets up to speak before parliament while Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama looks on, in Tokyo January 29, 2010. Japan's prime minister vowed to adopt fiscal discipline on Friday despite a record budget aimed at supporting the fragile economy, and reaffirmed his resolve to settle a row over a U.S. airbase with key ally Washington.
  14. 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.
  15. TOKYO - JANUARY 18: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Naoto Kan (R) delivers a speech during the 174th ordinary Diet session at the Lower House on January 18, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
  16. 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.

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