DPJ's Hatoyama to be elected Japan's new prime minister

DPJ's Hatoyama to be elected Japan's new prime minister

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama addresses a meeting of the party's House of Councillors members at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009. Later in the day, Hatoyama is to be voted in as Japan's new prime minister and will launch a coalition government with two minor parties.

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