Hatoyama meets with Ozawa amid calls for PM's resignation

Hatoyama meets with Ozawa amid calls for PM's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama heads for a meeting with Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa and DPJ upper house caucus leader Azuma Koshiishi at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 1, 2010. The meeting was held amid calls within the party for Hatoyama to step down ahead of the upcoming upper house election.

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