Yukio Hatoyama Quotes:- Yukio Hatoyama (born 11 February 1947) is a former Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 16 September 2009 to 8 June 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan.
First elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, Hatoyama became President of the DPJ, the main opposition party, in May 2009.
He then led the party to victory in the August 2009 general election, defeating the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which had been in power for over a decade. He represented the Hokkaido 9th district in the House of Representatives from 1986 to 2012.
Inspirational Yukio Hatoyama Quotes
“This is a unilateral vote without sufficient debate and discussions, and we can never approve of this.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“Now is a time of crisis for our party. It is necessary to ask someone who has a lot of experience to take over and do the job.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“This was a huge miss on the part of the government.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“People have raised expectations for leader Ichiro Ozawa.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“People have raised expectations for leader Ichiro Ozawa.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“This is a major step forward toward a two-party system.”-Yukio Hatoyama
Yukio Hatoyama Quotes About Government
“The government bowed to U.S. pressure and put President Bush’s wishes ahead of the safety of Japanese consumers. I consider that a huge error of judgment.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“Mr. Koizumi looked at George Bush and the Japanese people’s food safety and he chose the US president. It is outrageous.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“Now is a time of crisis for our party. It is necessary to ask someone who has a lot of experience to take over and do the job.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“Now the echo of your anger toward the coalition system which centers on Mori and the Liberal Democratic Party is spreading across the whole country.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“Our party has convinced the people that we have the potential to govern, and that we are able to become the alternative party in a bipartisan system.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“This is a unilateral vote without sufficient debate and discussions, and we can never approve of this.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“There is a 30 percent chance [that a snap election will be held]. We are preparing ourselves for a dual election.”-Yukio Hatoyama
“Common sense tells us it’s been set for Mr. Ichiro Ozawa to stay on.”-Yukio Hatoyama
