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Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan makes a speech at a news conference in Tokyo May 18, 2011.
Friday, Jun. 03, 2011

Open quoteIf he cannot keep his promise, he is a fraud.Close quote

  • YUKIO HATOYAMA,
  • former Japanese Prime Minister, speaking of current Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who hinted that he wants to keep his job into the new year, angering rivals who had voted down a no-confidence motion in return for a promise that he would quit much sooner
Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters | Source: Reuters