Naoto Kan was elected by the Japanese Diet today following the resignation of outgoing prime minister Yukio Hatoyama on June 2. Kan is a member of Hatoyama’s Democratic Party of Japan, which last August wrested control of the government from the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party. ABC News has the story about the new prime minister’s plan to maintain his country’s deal with the United States regarding an American military base in Japan:

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