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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference on the explosions of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after an 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck on March 11. March 15, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.
Monday, Apr. 25, 2011

Open quoteI feel it was my fate to be Prime Minister at a time of great adversity.Close quote

  • NAOTO KAN,
  • Prime Minister of Japan, speaking at a news conference on the country's reconstruction effort, for which his government has earmarked almost $50 billion in emergency spending; his handling of Japan's crises has been widely criticized
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