Democratic Party of Japan
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The Democratic Party of Japan was a centrist to centre-left, liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2014. It was the main opposition to the Liberal Democratic Party from 1998
Headquarters of the Democratic Party of Japan
Yukio Hatoyama
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Yukio Hatoyama is a retired Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and leader of the Democratic Party of Japan from 2009 to 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the party.
Democratic Party of Japan
…DPJ won 60 out of 121 contested seats, with 49 seats not up for re-election. Ozawa resigned as party leader in May 2009 after a fundraising scandal and Yukio Hatoyama succeeded Ozawa before the August 2009 general election, at which the party swept the LDP from power in a massive landslide, winning 308 seats (out of…
Official portrait, 2007
Ichirō Hatoyama and his two grandsons, Yukio and Kunio
Hatoyama with Vladimir Putin (5 September 2000)
Hatoyama meeting with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on 14 December 2009