NEW JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER NAOTO KAN PROMISES TO REBUILD COUNTRY
Fifth leader in four years voted in by ruling Democrats after Yukio Hatoyama's resignation over economy and US airbase
Justin McCurry
The Guardian, June 4, 2010
The Japanese finance minister who started his political career as a straight-talking former civic activist today became the country's fifth prime minister in less than four years.
Naoto Kan beat his only rival, the relatively unknown Shinji Tarutoko, in a vote among MPs of the ruling Democratic party. He immediately promised to "rebuild the country" as it confronts economic stagnation, mounting public debt and regional instability.
The leadership election was called after the resignation on Wednesday of Yukio Hatoyama, following his humiliating climbdown over the location of a US airbase and his failure to stamp out sleaze in his own party.
Kan, 63, vowed to rebuild Japan's battered public finances, foster growth and promote regional stability amid growing fears about Chinese military power and tensions on the Korean peninsula.
(...) [artículo aquí]
Fifth leader in four years voted in by ruling Democrats after Yukio Hatoyama's resignation over economy and US airbase
Justin McCurry
The Guardian, June 4, 2010
The Japanese finance minister who started his political career as a straight-talking former civic activist today became the country's fifth prime minister in less than four years.
Naoto Kan beat his only rival, the relatively unknown Shinji Tarutoko, in a vote among MPs of the ruling Democratic party. He immediately promised to "rebuild the country" as it confronts economic stagnation, mounting public debt and regional instability.
The leadership election was called after the resignation on Wednesday of Yukio Hatoyama, following his humiliating climbdown over the location of a US airbase and his failure to stamp out sleaze in his own party.
Kan, 63, vowed to rebuild Japan's battered public finances, foster growth and promote regional stability amid growing fears about Chinese military power and tensions on the Korean peninsula.
(...) [artículo aquí]
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