Japan’s new leader a question mark over US ties

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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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