Japan’s hopes for its sixth new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to be more successful than his previous predecessors in less than 5 years plummeted after the barely a week old cabinet suffered a set back after the very recently appointed Japanese Minister of Trade and Industry Yoshio Hachiro resigned due to public outrage over an “offensive” joke about...

The fifth Prime Minister of Japan in less than 5 years, Prime Minister Naoto Kan has officially resigned as both Prime Minister and head official of the ruling political party, the DPJ, otherwise known as the Democratic Party of Japan (民主党). This move from Naoto Kan was expected after he promised to step down on the condition if two bills were passed in parliament. The...

Kenko Matuski, a member and secretary of Japan’s Diet, resigned from his post citing reasons that included dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s style of managing the Japanese government. This recent shift inside the Japan’s ruling party (The Democratic Party of Japan) is the latest in a series of pressures on Prime Minister Kan to resign from...

On June 2nd, Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama officially resigned from his post disturbing Japanese politics, pleasing, and worrying the majority of the public. The soon-to-be former prime minister who was hailed by Time Magazine for changing Japan into “a functional democracy” bowed in exasperation to pressure from both his political party (Democratic...