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Japan’s Incredible Shrinking Prime Minister

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Apr 16, 2010
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Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama returned home from Washington this week a considerably diminished leader.

By rights, Hatoyama ought to have shone at a meeting of world leaders convoked to find ways to lessen the dangers of nuclear terrorism or nuclear conflict. After all, Japan is the world's only victim of an atomic bomb attack and has championed …

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