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Hatoyama rebuffed by Tokunoshima mayors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during a meeting at his office in Tokyo with three mayors from Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on May 7, 2010. The mayors rebuffed Hotoyama's request for the island to accommodate some functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters as he leaves his home in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009. Later in the day, Hotoyama is to be voted in as Japan's new prime minister and to launch a coalition government with two minor parties.

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DPJ leader Hotoyama talks with S. Korean President Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) shakes hands with Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on June 5 before their talks. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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DPJ leader Hotoyama talks with S. Korean President Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (R) talks with Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on June 5. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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DPJ leader Hotoyama talks with S. Korean President Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) shakes hands with Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on June 5 before their talks. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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DPJ leader Hotoyama talks with S. Korean President Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (R) talks with Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on June 5. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters as he leaves his home in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009. Later in the day, Hotoyama is to be voted in as Japan's new prime minister and to launch a coalition government with two minor parties. (Kyodo)