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Tuesday, May 29 2012, 00:04 AM

World

Broken promise

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Broken promise: Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, bows after his speech during the Joint Plenary Meeting of Party Members of Both Houses of the Diet in Tokyo Wednesday. Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa. AP/Kyodo News Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, bows after his speech during the Joint Plenary Meeting of Party Members of Both Houses of the Diet in Tokyo Wednesday. Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa. AP/Kyodo News