Hatoyama, Aso meet prior to new Cabinet launch

Hatoyama, Aso meet prior to new Cabinet launch

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama (L) meets with outgoing Prime Minister Taro Aso at the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2009, two days ahead of the launch of his Cabinet. Hatoyama will be voted in as next prime minister at a special parliamentary session on Sept. 16 after Aso's Cabinet resigns en masse on the morning of that day.

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