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New Justice Minister Hatoyama from political blue-blood family

TOKYO, Japan - New Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks at his inaugural press conference on Aug. 27. Hatoyama is known for coming from a prominent political family. His great-grandfather Kazuo Hatoyama was a former House of Representatives speaker, while his grandfather Ichiro Hatoyama served as prime minister and his father Iichiro Hatoyama was foreign minister.

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Yukio and Kunio Hatoyama, their father Iichiro

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Yukio Hatoyama, now president of the Democratic Party of Japan, his father and late Foreign Minister Iichiro Hatoyama, and Yukio's younger brother Kunio arrive together at parliament in July 1986.

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New Justice Minister Hatoyama from political blue-blood family

TOKYO, Japan - New Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks at his inaugural press conference on Aug. 27. Hatoyama is known for coming from a prominent political family. His great-grandfather Kazuo Hatoyama was a former House of Representatives speaker, while his grandfather Ichiro Hatoyama served as prime minister and his father Iichiro Hatoyama was foreign minister. (Kyodo)

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Yukio and Kunio Hatoyama, their father Iichiro

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Yukio Hatoyama, now president of the Democratic Party of Japan, his father and late Foreign Minister Iichiro Hatoyama, and Yukio's younger brother Kunio arrive together at parliament in July 1986. (Kyodo)