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The SDP Pulls Out of the Ruling Coalition

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Mizuho Fukushima and Kiyomi Tsujimoto

Tokyo -- Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's decision to put US priorities ahead of Japanese democratic priorities has exposed him to another political blow: The three-party governing coalition that took power in September 2009 is no more.

At a meeting today in a central Tokyo hotel, delegates of the SDP decided to pull out of the government with immediate effect.

Party leader Mizuho Fukushima -- sacked on Friday for opposing the plan to build a new US Marine airbase at Henoko beach -- expla...

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