Kan picked as Hatoyama successor

Kan picked as Hatoyama successor

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (C) stands and bows as he was elected new leader to the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 4, 2010. Kan was picked as successor to Yukio Hatoyama, who stepped down as prime minister that day.

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