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Yukio Hatoyama

Prime Minister of Japan

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Yukio Hatoyama dealing with the Minamata case

by Yukio Hatoyama

Tokyo (Japan) | 1 May 2010

To not let history fade
May 1, 1956. On this day, Minamata disease, which is said to be the
first pollution case in Japan, was officially confirmed for the
first time. The string of numbers of this date, 195651, is also
used in the domain name of the
Minamata Disease Municipal Museum, (…)

Policy Speech by Yukio Hatoyama at the 173rd Session of the Diet of Japan

by Yukio Hatoyama

Tokyo (Japan) | 26 October 2009

1. Introduction
Almost two months have passed since that scorching summer day of the general election, and almost forty days since I was designated Prime Minister and a new Cabinet was inaugurated based on a policy agreement of the three-party coalition consisting of the Democratic Party of (…)

Remarks by Yukio Hatoyama to the 64th UN General Assembly

by Yukio Hatoyama

New York (USA) | 24 September 2009

Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency Dr. AH
Abdussalam Treki on assuming the Presidency of the sixty-fourth session of the United
Nations General Assembly. I would also like to express my respect (…)

Basic Principles of the Hatoyama Government

by Yukio Hatoyama

Tokyo (Japan) | 16 September 2009

1. Here today, a new Cabinet has been founded through a coalition of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and The People’s New Party.
I have taken the view that the recent general election was not a triumph for only the DPJ and its allied parties. Rather, the (…)