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...