Former PM Hatoyama to retire from politics

Politics Nov. 21, 2012 - 06:50PM JST ( 32 )

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YubaruNov. 21, 2012 - 08:00AM JST

Good, one down and about another 100 or more so to go! Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.
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alliswellinjapanNov. 21, 2012 - 10:33AM JST

Should be good news for Noda and team.
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slumdogNov. 21, 2012 - 10:36AM JST

Yes, but he also said he was retiring before.
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semperfiNov. 21, 2012 - 12:11PM JST

Like he would stand a chance ! ? ! Duuuuuuuuuh
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globalwatcherNov. 21, 2012 - 12:26PM JST

He will not be missed. He will be only remembered as a man from space and his wife eating "sun".
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shanabelleNov. 21, 2012 - 12:33PM JST

Oh what a shame...
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shanabelleNov. 21, 2012 - 12:34PM JST

Time to get a real job?
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smithinjapanNov. 21, 2012 - 12:59PM JST

I hope he didn't follow his announcement with a wink and "Trust me!".

Anyway, I didn't even know him running was a possibility, but that's right -- this is Japan, where many of the politicians in power are a collection of record quick drop outs and in some cases convicted criminals.
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GWNov. 21, 2012 - 01:45PM JST

Good riddence, NOW STAY AWAY FOREVER!

your mommy will likley keep your allowance flowing so just stay away, yr country dont need'ya!
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SerranoNov. 21, 2012 - 02:59PM JST

"His wife Miyuki... said her soul once visited Venus on a triangular spaceship"

Cool!
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DisillusionedNov. 21, 2012 - 03:17PM JST

Shanabelle - Time to get a real job?

Not likely mate. He is a tenth generation land baron. He was only in politics because of his bureaucratic status, the same as 80% of these so-called 'politicians'. Very few of them actually have any formal education in political sciences, which is quite obvious due to the bloody shambles they have made of the country.
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wanderlustNov. 21, 2012 - 03:25PM JST

It should save his mother millions of yen each month is allowances to him that he does not know about...
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tmarieNov. 21, 2012 - 04:02PM JST

Reports on Wednesday said the millionaire former academic would not be contesting a parliamentary seat. However, his personal wealth may appeal to some of the smaller parties that are mushrooming around single issues ahead of the Dec 16 poll.

Shouldn't that be his mummy's millions and wealth? Good riddance. Now take Hashimoto, Ishihara and Abe with you!
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edojinNov. 21, 2012 - 05:05PM JST

As it should be. Hatoyama showed us while he was prime minister that he should not even be in politics ... that he should not "represent" the people ... that he was not even working for the people anyhow ...

How did he get elected in the first place?
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GWNov. 21, 2012 - 05:06PM JST

hato-chan you read my post & did what I asked, THANK YOU! & S A Y O N R A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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gokai_wo_manekuNov. 21, 2012 - 06:07PM JST

Hopefully as a result of the political shakeout, but Todai educated bureaucrats can take back control of the country and things will get better. This mess is the result of Koizumi!
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BurakuminDesNov. 21, 2012 - 06:19PM JST

Fly off into the sunset, old mountain pigeon. You were, to be brutally honest, a dud.
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DeDe MiuraNov. 21, 2012 - 06:33PM JST

Hallelujah!
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avengerNov. 21, 2012 - 07:00PM JST

You quit once so go away. Same with Abe
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slumdogNov. 21, 2012 - 07:02PM JST

Deja vu all over again.
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DisillusionedNov. 21, 2012 - 07:11PM JST

Deja vu all over again.

Shouldn't that be, "Daijabu"
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YubaruNov. 21, 2012 - 07:46PM JST

Shouldn't that be, "Daijabu"

What in the world does daijabu mean?
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ChamkunNov. 21, 2012 - 08:51PM JST

What in the world does daijabu mean?

It means daijobu....... sorry this is a bad Oyaji Gag. If you know Japaneses, you know what I said.

Actually, it means as if it has happened or experienced before even though this supposed to be a first time. It is French.

If it is incorrect, anyone, let me know. I do not speak French.
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ogtobNov. 21, 2012 - 11:27PM JST

I guess his mother decided he was too much of a dolt to finance this election campaign.
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hidingoutNov. 22, 2012 - 12:14AM JST

Worst PM ever. And that's saying something in this country ....
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YubaruNov. 22, 2012 - 05:50AM JST

It means daijobu....... sorry this is a bad Oyaji Gag. If you know Japaneses, you know what I said. Actually, it means as if it has happened or experienced before even though this supposed to be a first time. It is French.

I speak Japanese darn near fluently and have never heard that used before.

However if you had written デジャブ, deijyabu I wouldn't have written what I did. I figured you were writing some dialect that nobody was familiar with, hence my question
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vollandNov. 22, 2012 - 06:50AM JST

Hatoyama may not have been a prime minister that YOU may like, but he was the only one I can remember that actually cared about the interests of the japanese people. Which of course, this being a country occupied by a colonial power, could no work well for long. Once it became clear around the Futenma issue that Hatoyama actually believed Japan ought to be something else, than just a aircraft carrier for american nuclear weapons, Ms Clinton made clear that he had to go... and so it happened within days.

Now of course one can support, that Japan is a lot better off as a US outpost, but, please at least be honest about it....
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sfjp330Nov. 22, 2012 - 07:16AM JST

volland Nov. 22, 2012 - 06:50AM JST but he was the only one I can remember that actually cared about the interests of the japanese people. Which of course, this being a country occupied by a colonial power, could no work well for long.

Expectation of Hatoyama from Japanese public was very high and was not realistic. He lacked international negotiation skills and was a weak leader. Hatoyama's amaturish government needed to figure out a realistic way to achieve this goal through negotiations with the U.S. and local communities which he failed miserably. Hatoyama needed to find solution in reducing the load on the prefecture. It is true that finding a relocation site outside the prefecture was very difficult, but that would require sincere and careful persuasion by the PM based on a specific plan to ease Okinawa's burden. The situation became seriously complicated partly due to Hatoyama's lack of vision and unprofessional handling of diplomatic sensibility with U.S and people in Okinawa.
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YubaruNov. 22, 2012 - 09:36AM JST

but he was the only one I can remember that actually cared about the interests of the japanese people.

Like a landowner who cared about his slaves. Hatoyama only saw the people as a means to power, he paid lipservice to get where he wanted and it blew up in his face when he coouldnt deliver.
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sidesmileNov. 22, 2012 - 10:30AM JST

Oh no! What are we to dooooo?!!
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codomoNov. 22, 2012 - 01:40PM JST

good job hatoyama!! this decision must be the best achivement in his histories.
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comarade_captainNov. 23, 2012 - 08:24AM JST

I read a news years ago that Mr Hatoyama's election campaign funds were 900million yen and was provided by his mother, was that true?