Hatoyama elected as Japan PM
12:40, 16 September 2009
TOKYO. September 16. KAZINFORM Leader of the Japanese Democratic Party Yukio Hatoyama was elected Japan's 60th prime minister on Wednesday. The overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives, the lower house of Japan's parliament, voted for him. Under the Constitution the lower house has final say in the election of the Japanese premier; Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.
The candidacy of Yukio Hatoyama is expected to be approved in the upper house, where his supporters are also in the majority; Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.
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