Washington Post (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
TOKYO -- For politicians in Japan, the road to scandal usually winds through construction companies, defense contractors or a mistress. For newly elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, the road leads to his mother, an octogenarian heiress.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The political funds scandal involving Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his mother has spread to his brother, Kunio, who also apparently received vast sums from her. Sources said Wednesday that Kunio Hatoyama, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who held Cabinet minister portfolios, received some of the ¥3.6 billion that was withdrawn from bank accounts registered in the name...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. pledge to provide additional troops to the country but said that his nation will not provide extra aid to Afghanistan. Hatoyama claimed that the long-term goal of the U.S. president is to help stabilize Afghanistan through international aid, and not through military interventions. "I believe that this is one...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. pledge to provide additional troops to the country but said that his nation will not provide extra aid to Afghanistan. Hatoyama claimed that the long-term goal of the U.S. president is to help stabilize Afghanistan through international aid, and not through military interventions. "I believe that this is one...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Monday he will follow as much as possible the recommendations in his waste-cutting panel's review of 449 public works projects in the budgetary requests for fiscal 2010, which came in at a record ¥95 trillion. To slash the budget by ¥3 trillion or more, the Government Revitalization Unit also compiled a budget compilation guideline to eliminate...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The accounting practices of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's political fund management body have been so sloppy that people must wonder how he will be able to settle the matter and regain public trust. It has been reported that the special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office suspects that the fund management body, Yuai Seikei Konwakai, has falsified statements...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa will meet early this week to discuss the economy, which is mired in deflation, and the soaring yen, Senior Vice Financial Services Minister Kohei Otsuka said on a TV show Saturday. The meeting appears designed to coordinate fiscal policy with monetary policy as Japan struggles to help the economy recover.
Bloomberg (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The yen’s surge to a 14-year high and renewed deflation may prompt Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to press the central bank to take further steps to support growth.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Revelations that Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama received ¥900 million from his mother — allegedly as a loan — has put the Democratic Party of Japan on the defensive, as opposition parties, the ex-long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party in particular, seek to grill the fledgling administration over the dubious funding. Although many criticize Hatoyama as the heir of...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Prosecutors are considering questioning Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's 87-year-old mother over the political donations scandal her son is embroiled in, sources said Friday. It has been reported that Hatoyama received a total of ¥900 million in "loans" from his mother over five years to 2008 and some of the money may have been recorded under fictitious donors in his...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama throws the ceremonial first pitch at special baseball game held on the 22nd to commerate the 60th anniversary of the Central/Pacific league: Hatoyama was able to throw it all the way to the catcher, and the umpire apparently called it as a strike. — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Dannychoo.com – Your portal [...]...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's mother "loaned" him around ¥900 million over five years to 2008 and some of the money may have been recorded as coming from fictitious donors in his political funding reports, sources said Wednesday. They said the roughly ¥180 million per year over the five years were treated as loans, otherwise Hatoyama would have had to pay a...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A former secretary of Yukio Hatoyama repeatedly tried to balance the books by faking profits around every January, sources said, providing the first glimpse into details of shady accounting practices by the prime minister's fund management body. It has also been revealed that more than ¥100 million was falsely declared out of revenues from selling tickets for fundraising parties between...
MSNBC.com: Asia-Pacific (Free subscription) | yesterday
He's no Margaret Thatcher, but Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has articulated a vision for Japan's role in the world, and it looks a lot like Westminster. Margaret Thatcher - Japan - Society and Culture - Yukio Hatoyama - History
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Prosecutors will ask Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to explain millions of dollars in donations, reports say, expanding a scandal that has dogged his fledgling government.
