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Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan reacts as outgoing Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama sits behind him before during a lower house election at Parliament in Tokyo Friday, June 4, 2010.
Friday, Jun. 04, 2010

Open quoteI will carry on the torch of reviving Japan that the Democratic Party received from the people.Close quote

  • NAOTO KAN,
  • after being elected as Japan's Prime Minister on Friday, making the former Finance Minister the country's fifth leader in the past four years
Photo: Shizuo Kambayashi / AP | Source: NYT