Former Japan Leader Joins Protest Over Atomic Plant Restarts
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama joined a weekly protest outside current leader Yoshihiko Noda’s official residence today against the re-start of nuclear power plants.
Hatoyama broke ranks with the ruling Democratic Party for the second time in less than a month, after he voted against Noda’s sales-tax increase in the lower house of parliament on June 26. He has said in the past he may leave the party, a move that could deprive Noda of his majority in the lower house and put the government at risk.