Questions arise over how Japan's new leader will handle U.S. ties (AP)

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Yukio Hatoyama, leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a press briefing at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, late Monday afternoon, Aug. 31, 2009. Hatoyama, Japan's likely next prime minister, rushed to select Cabinet ministers Monday after his party trounced the ruling conservatives in elections and inherited a mountain of problems, including how to revive the world's second-largest economy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP – Yukio Hatoyama, the Stanford Ph.D and political blue blood who led Japan’s opposition party to a stunning election victory, is coming to power amid questions about how he will pursue his desire for a more independent relationship with the United States.


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