Hatoyama
TOKYO - Japan's finance minister says he intends to run for leadership of the ruling party to succeed Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned earlier in the day.
TOKYO - Japan's ruling party scrambled to find a new leader after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned Wednesday, apologizing for failing to keep a campaign promise to move a contentious U.S.
Japan's fickle politics make prime minister a tough job to hold on to.
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has announced that he will step down during a general assembly of DPJ lawmakers.
