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| Naoto Kan new Japan PM |
| 2010-06-05 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Japan's parliament installed Naoto Kan as prime minister yesterday, handing the political veteran the immediate task of rallying his party and reclaiming its mandate for change before elections next month. Kan succeeds Yukio Hatoyama, who stepped down Wednesday after squandering the public's high hopes with broken campaign promises and financial scandals. "My task is to rebuild this nation," said Kan, who was Hatoyama's finance minister. The 63-year-old with a reputation for confronting Japan's powerful bureaucrats must contend with a daunting list of problems. Kan's first task will be to form a Cabinet. He said he would announce the members "early next week" after thinking about the posts over the weekend. "We will work together as one in the face of the tough political situation and the upcoming upper house elections and fight together unified," he told party members. "Our first priority is to regain the trust of the people." Kan, the country's sixth prime minister in four years, pledged to confront problems linking money and politics. He also stressed the need for fiscal discipline while trying to spur economic growth. Chosen Friday morning as new chief of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kan was voted into office a few hours later by the lower house, the more powerful chamber of Japan's parliament. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Is the alternate spelling NATO CAN ? |
| Posted by: Goodluck Smock1954 2010-06-05 09:19 |
| #1 Is it Kan or is it Khannnnnnn????? |
| Posted by: Betty Jerenter8589 2010-06-05 03:03 |