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Finance chief Kan seen as Japan’s likely next PM (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan looks on as he walks at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, June 2, 2010. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan scrambled to find a new leader after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned Wednesday, apologizing for failing to keep a campaign promise to move a contentious U.S. military base, as his party desperately tried to boost its chances in elections next month. Kan, who has a clean and defiant image, emerged a likely successor. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Japan’s ruling party scrambled Thursday to find a new leader after the prime minister called it quits, with Finance Minister Naoto Kan widely seen as the most likely successor.


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