... Japan Naoto Kan Democratic Party Japan Fukushima Daiichi Liberal Democratic Party Ichiro Ozawa Tokyo Electric Yukio Hatoyama Social Democratic Party Japan 217 Japan s political leaders have failed to deliver decisive action precisely when the country needed it most when it faced...

... for the administration s failures and to return the party to its core mission of fix- ing Japanese politics. The new prime minister, Naoto Kan, had stronger reformist credentials than Hatoyama and Ozawa, since he did not come from a political family. He was also a stronger leader than Hatoyama, though not outstanding...