Hatoyama to quit before election, hit by U.S. base fiasco

Hatoyama to quit before election, hit by U.S. base fiasco

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, Shizuka Kamei, state minister in charge of postal and financial affairs, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Deputy Prime and Finance Minister Naoto Kan, and Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara are ready for an extra Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 2, 2010, after Hatoyama announced his resignation.

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