TOKYO, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who will take on added duties as the Finance Minister, won praise Thursday from Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
TOKYO, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says he hopes Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii will reconsider his decision to resign due to health reasons.
MUMBAI, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrived in Mumbai Sunday for high-level talks on economic and defense security with India, officials said.
TOKYO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie kicked off a five-day Japanese visit Friday by meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
TOKYO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's mother may have surreptitiously given him millions of yen for his political campaigns, sources say.
TOKYO, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has told his Cabinet to eliminate all wasteful expenses as it prepares its budget for next fiscal year.
TOKYO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- OYukio Hatoyama, expected to be Japan's next prime minister, says he has tabbed Democratic Party of Japan figures Naoto Kan and Katsuya Okada for Cabinet posts.
TOKYO, June 12 (UPI) -- Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama, a close ally of Prime Minister Taro Aso, quit Friday in a setback for the government.
TOKYO, May 17 (UPI) -- More Japanese want opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama to be their next prime minister than incumbent Taro Aso, a Kyodo news agency survey said.
TOKYO, May 9 (UPI) -- A Japanese lawmaker has said the late Emperor Hirohito, known as Emperor Showa, should have stepped down when Japan lost World War II to take responsibility.
