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LDP defector finds little support
By - 03-17-2010 04:10 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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Kunio Hatoyama, a former internal affairs minister and the younger brother of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, has encountered difficulty recruiting allies after leaving the Liberal Democratic Party to form a new party, with LDP lawmakers whose support he had counted on remaining cautious Wednesday about joining him.
Kunio Hatoyama effectively quit the LDP with the hope of teaming up at some point with senior LDP members, including former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe, who have been critical of the party's leadership, to create his envisioned party ahead of the July Upper House election.
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The Japan Times Online
By - 03-17-2010 04:10 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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Kunio Hatoyama, a former internal affairs minister and the younger brother of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, has encountered difficulty recruiting allies after leaving the Liberal Democratic Party to form a new party, with LDP lawmakers whose support he had counted on remaining cautious Wednesday about joining him.
Kunio Hatoyama effectively quit the LDP with the hope of teaming up at some point with senior LDP members, including former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe, who have been critical of the party's leadership, to create his envisioned party ahead of the July Upper House election.
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The Japan Times Online
