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Perhaps one of the most unfathomable things is why Mr Kan did not have the wit to turn that to his advantage.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he had established an emergency headquarters for disaster response and called for calm from the public.

"I don't think Kan was that critical of the BOJ, " the first source said. "The BOJ and the government have been working hand in hand. "

He said Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's words are a welcome "step forward" but do not go far enough.

Kan apologized on Tuesday for the beef incident and said he is extremely sorry he was not able to prevent it from happening.

Mr. Kan's immediate policy challenge is trying to keep alive what appears to be an increasingly shaky economic recovery.

Memory is a bamboo shoot, see the wind on the long, on the land he left in the footsteps grow, no one Kan Deqing.

Even though Kan and the leader of China are talking over the phone and video conferencing about the matter.

The controversial but extremely influential politician said he would run against Mr Kan in the party's leadership contest on September 14.

For all that, politicians from within his own party, as well as the opposition, are plotting to oust Mr Kan.

A woman of fame and influence, Kan had nevertheless been courteous enough to keep me waiting only half an hour to speak to her.

"I wouldn't like to see Prime Minister Kan prolong. He said he would go. Please go. It's not a question to be debated, " Tanaka said.

FOR a few dizzying moments, Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, looked likely to take his country down the radical path towards freer trade.

Mr Kan's best hope, therefore, is out of his hands: a revival in confidence in the US economy and currency.

Of these at least 150 are known to be loyal to Mr Ozawa (although others loathe him), whereas Mr Kan lacks a strong faction of his own.

However, Naoto Kan answer questions when called in on the matter fully I do not know.

Mr. Kan's victory margin was surprisingly large after media surveys had, until the last minute, portrayed the race as too close to call.

Kan Specialty Material spokesman said the company never offered bribes to Mr. Qiu or to the Economic Observer.

On July 13th Mr Kan said he wants Japan to reduce nuclear power on safety grounds, if not to get rid of it altogether.

Aomori branch's policy chief at the meeting expressed the hope that this Bo Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned.

Mr. Kan promised to move the party away from the sort of money politics that the scandal-tainted Mr. Ozawa had come to represent.

However, Naoto Kan, said he did not know the details after the wild things secret visit to China.

According to two people present, when Mr. Kan heard about Fukushima Daiichi, he said, 'The real trouble is at the nuclear plant. '

Mr Kan had previously referred to the technology as continuing to be a "pillar" of energy policy.

Mr Ozawa is different. Though only four years older than Mr Kan, he seems to have been around forever.

Kan says the timeline for bringing the four damaged reactors into a state of cold shutdown will not be changed.

That result was more in line with previous opinion polls showing Mr. Kan overwhelmingly favored by the general public.

Mr Kan may have to call a snap election, with all the risks to his own job and his party that might entail.

Mr Kan did not give details of how the regulatory regime should be changed, but identified in particular its "problem of independence" .

However, Mr. Kan continued to deny any intention to leave office, even as he conceded the DPJ's defeat in the April elections.

Mrs Kan has turned the Japanese tradition of publicly downplaying the achievements of loved ones into something of an art form.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the aim was to promote "mutually beneficial" ties with China.

Mr Kan has slumped to his lowest level of popularity since he took office just over a year ago.

The investigation comes as opposition politicians say Prime Minister Naoto Kan's office appeared to have meddled in the recovery operation.

Kan buguan things will gradually became accustomed to, do not know this habit is good or bad?

The question now is whether Mr. Kan, a plain-spoken former civic activist, can further defy precedent by lasting more than a year in office.

Chiang Kan hid the letter in his sleeve, blew out the candle and returned to bed.

Another worry is whether Mr Kan can push through a reform of the fiscal system to help ease strains on the public finances.

Opposition parties which had pushed for the no-confidence motion emphasised that they would continue to seek to topple Mr Kan.

Mr. Kan said he wanted to express 'deep remorse and heartfelt apology' for the great pain and damage caused by Japan's colonial rule.

Vigilance is needed, said Kan, because we have not reached an optimistic point. But he also said things do not appear to be getting worse.

AS JAPAN copes with its worst crisis since the second world war, the prime minister, Naoto Kan, is calling for a new politics.

Nishioka said Senate President Japan, Naoto Kan, the regime has reached a dead end, he said: "has been limited to the last critical point. "

In February, Prime Minister Naoto Kan referred to the visit as an 'unforgivable outrage. '

Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister, warned on Thursday that Tokyo stood ready to intervene again.

Meanwhile, Mr. Kan said he expressed concerns during the summit about North Korea's uranium enrichment.

If Mr Kan cannot manage this, it would be better to call a snap general election.

Wen invited Kan to visit China at a time of convenience, and Kan expressed thanks and accepted the invitation with pleasure.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the disaster caused major damage across wide areas, The Associated Press reported.

Like the elders of Nagasaki, the prime minister, Naoto Kan, realises that Japan must look abroad since its own markets are shrinking.

Mr Kan's wife (his first cousin) is also well-regarded, mainly for her straight-talking manner and no-nonsense influence on Mr Kan.

Japan's media conducted next leadership polls after its Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, announced to step down in the near future.

Even before winning Friday's vote, Mr. Kan was trying to distance himself from Mr. Hatoyama.

Far from promoting harmony, its implicit aim was to foster a coup within the party against Mr Kan.

Mr. Kan also said the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power center is the worst Japan has ever faced.

"I predict that he will come as scheduled and hold some sort of talks" with Kan, chief government spokesman Yoshito Sengoku told reporters.

Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii criticized Naoto Kan "completely live up to the national desire for political change. "

The government itself, despite Mr. Kan's hands-on involvement, failed to come up with a unified early response of its own.

His fiscal plans are full of the word "prudent" . Mr Kan believes Japan is sitting on a dangerous heap of debt.

"I have no intention whatsoever of accepting" such a demand, Kyodo News quoted Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan as saying yesterday.

For much of the crisis, Naoto Kan, the prime minister, has been a sadly withdrawn figure.

Opposition parties were quick to turn up the heat on Kan.

Japan's Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, said he had ordered ministers to prepare for any eventuality.

On June 27th Mr Kan at last set the conditions that he said would enable him to resign.

Kan said the evacuation advisory is being done for the residents' safety.

"It's like the Olympics, " said Miss Kan of her competition.

Mr Kan's resignation comes almost three months after he first indicated he would step down to make room for a younger leader.

Mr Kan has at least one more pressing item in his in-tray: deteriorating relations with China.

As we are in the midst of the election to choose the party leader and I need to support Mr. Kan, the trip will be very short.

Jian Shen son said, If you were reincarnated, she would not choose to marry Kan Naoto.

NAOTO KAN, Japan's new prime minister, seems to have a soft spot for the Britain of 1997, when Tony Blair's New Labour swept to power.

Kan survived a no-confidence motion in Parliament earlier this month after promising he would hand over power to a younger generation.

Naoto Kan is expected to be announced in the inspection phase will allow the temporary return to a home evacuation measures.

After his first G7 meeting in February, Mr Kan, the newly appointed finance minister, began to speak more publicly of fiscal reform.

Prime Minister Kan said the disaster caused major damage across wide areas.

Mr Kan again faced criticism in parliament on Monday - with one opposition lawmaker suggesting he had been ill-prepared from the outset.

"We see a light for getting out of the crisis, " a Japanese government official quoted Prime Minister Naoto Kan as saying.

But Mr Kan is bound to leave office, for he has promised to quit.

Mr. Kan has long been known as an iconoclastic leader willing to test political conventions.

Citing the region's 'tough' national-security environment, Mr. Kan stipulated that Japan must continue to work hard to keep up the alliance.

Cannily, Mr. Kan said he was only postponing the postal-reform vote, not killing it.

Kan said the government was exploring the possibility of delivering food by sea or air, given the problems with roads en route to the north.

It was not lost on them that Mr Kan pointedly failed to direct his apology to North Korea, which suggests some political expediency.

And to hasten dissolution, they may once again use legislative paralysis, just as they did to destroy Mr. Kan.

The notion that Mr Kan's enemies in the LDP have much to offer Japan is an insult to the public's intelligence.

" Just then Chou Yu turned over in bed and said in his sleep, " Chiang Kan, I will show you Ts'ao Ts'ao's head in a couple of days.

Kan stresses in terms of the overall reform of social security and tax policies, it will inevitably increase the national burden.

Mr. Kan's early-morning ride to the company's headquarters galvanized a response by Japan's military and the Tokyo Fire Department.

Political struggles, Naoto Kan lost for a while longer while, already jittery, a loner.

With the hands of the opposition parties plan a "hard card" to force concessions Naoto Kan, made it clear that the resignation of time.

With the hands of the opposition parties plan a "hard card" to force concessions Naoto Kan, made it clear that the resignation of time.

At a press conference after Thursday's vote, Mr Kan declined to give any details of his conversation with Mr Hatoyama.

Given such confusion, some observers do not discount the possibility that Mr Kan might make one final lunge for redemption.

Mr. Kan's immediate policy priority is to keep alive what appears to be an increasingly shaky economic recovery.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Kan met with American Vice President Joe Biden. Mr. Biden visited Japan at the end of a trip to Asia.

Kan is a good speaker in the street, she said, but "worse at reading prepared scripts" .

Currently, Naoto Kan's support rate dropped to 21%, began to impact the prestige of the Democratic Party.

The question now, Mr. Iio and others say, is whether Mr. Kan fully grasps this shift to a more populist style of politics.

Japan is, of course, one of our strongest and closest allies and this morning I spoke with Prime Minister [Naoto] Kan.

This indicates that the "Japan-China Friendship Long live the" end of an era, indeed in this respect Kan lack of sensitivity.

Kan: 'The leaking of non-public information from the cabinet or other government bodies is a very big problem.

Mr Kan may not be the best man to articulate that, and it may take years before Japan is galvanized by such thinking.

The word "qin" has several meanings. "Qin" in the sentence "qinyan kan jian" means to do something yourself.

Mr. Kan has previously said Japan's rising social welfare expenses and its soaring national debt make a sales tax increase inevitable.

Kan called on his country to prepare for sacrifice and to work together in overcoming the effects of the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, yesterday dismissed Chinese requests for compensation and an apology over the arrest.

Mr Kan's team hardly seems up to the job. But few believe a replacement would be much better.

As a result of the decision of malcontent Yahoo, yi Kan started to aim to reelect the contention battle of Yahoo board of directors.

Mr Kan remained defiant, saying: "Japan has never before faced a crisis like this. . . We are doing our utmost. "

In his statement, Prime Minister Naoto Kan expressed "deep regret over the suffering inflicted" during Japan's rule.

For Mr Kan, whose Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ended the LDP's long grip on power in 2009, the opposition is just one of many headaches.

On business matters, Kan told reporters the leaders agreed to accelerate preparations for a trilateral free trade agreement.

In his blue overalls (now standard kit for Mr Kan and his team), he looks to many the epitome of the stalwart line manager.

That might be a good idea for Japan's old elite, which has been dispossessed by Mr Kan's party.

'Packing [the clothes] up for shipping is saying good-bye to a former life, ' says Ms. Kan.

Shopping for about 10 minutes after closing Naoto Kan said the car in person to the shopping bag.

To bring any discipline to the fiscal situation, Mr Kan will need first to bring discipline to his own party.

In this connection, Kan said he is also responsible for the chaos of information.

Mr Kan was a prominent social activist before entering politics and is a former health minister.

Mr Kan swiftly toured the earthquake zone and made a good national address on television.

'We've been doing all we can, and I don't think (the disaster's aftermath) is what was at fault, ' Mr. Kan said.

Kyodo reported that Japan's opposition parties have to Naoto Kan announced the resignation of the Prime Minister to express their views.

Blunt and pragmatic, Ms. Kan is one of several female moguls who have been dubbed 'the Oprah of China. '

The Japanese prime minister, Naoto Kan, urged China, North Korea's main ally, to help restrain its neighbour.

The Beijing word for endless talking is "Kan" . So he's called "Kan Ye" because he's is always talking.

Opposition lawmakers blasted Mr. Kan, who was previously finance minister, for his initial response Thursday to the downgrade.

When a rapid rise in the value of the yen battered Japan's exports last month, Kan's tepid response did nothing to stem the damage.

The performance was but a small part of Ms. Kan's determined bid to make this Miss China into Miss Universe.

Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, holds a parliamentary debate with the opposition, the first since the tsunami.

Last week, Alicia Kan put her old wardrobe up for sale on eBay. 'New Decade closet purge! ' she tweeted to her 1, 049 Twitter followers.

The Asahi Shimbun said, 'It must be a high-level political judgment by the Kan administration. '

Passing these two bills was the condition Naoto Kan set for his resignation.

Recognizing his government's shortcomings in crisis management and internal coordination, Kan has tried to bolster his ability to govern.

Mr Kan also suggested there would be pressure on the central bank to ease monetary policy further should the yen strengthen.

Even the consumption tax may not rise for two or three years, according to Mr Kan.

Tornadoes over the weekend also were blamed for a death in Minneapolis and one in Reading, Kan.

Complicating Mr Kan's position is the make-up of his own party.

During that period, Mr. Kan had a meeting with opposition-party chiefs, where he was embarrassed by how little he knew.

Unusually for a Japanese politician, Naoto Kan, the embattled prime minister, has even caught the national mood.

But the appointment of Renho to a senior ministerial position suggests that incoming Prime Minister Naoto Kan is serious about change.

Publicly, Mr Kan has lambasted the company's tsunami-preparedness.

"It would be good if the yen would weaken a little more, " said Mr Kan.

Maehara also be accepted donations from foreigners, the Liberal Democratic Party requested before the original recall Kan.

Japan's opposition parties in terms of Naoto Kan 6 nuclear power plants suddenly the pressure test and energy policy were investigated.

Japan's Sankei Shimbun said in its report, pine this move may cause a chain reaction, accelerate the collapse of the Cabinet Kan.

General Powell sat on the sofa, smoking side of the side next to the study looked at the daughter of the more Yue Kan daughter does not own.

Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister, told parliament that Beijing's response had been 'problematic. '

Back when he was health minister, Mr Kan made his name by helping to expose the scandal of HIV-tainted blood peddled by Green Cross.

Naoto Kan, prime minister, insisted that the country would handle the nuclear crisis "with the greatest urgency" .

MERRIAM, Kan. -- Americans have been warned to watch out for trans fats because of the strong link to heart disease.

Naoto Kan said: "Self-Defense Force members hurt pride, apologize for that. "

Sources said Naoto Kan, has decided to convene the parliament before the reform of the cabinet.

Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, smarting from criticism for the climb-down, demanded that China pay for the repair of the damaged boats.

Mr. Kan received a small boost in his public standing for his handling of the crisis.

Naryshkin 9 began to Japan for a 2-day visit, has met Prime Minister Naoto Kan and chief Paradise Valley, who by the people.

As TEPCO's compensation liabilities mount, Mr Kan is airing the once-unthinkable suggestion that it should be broken up.

Mr Kan is expected to command a strong lead among the DPJ's 340, 000 members and supporters.

Bad weather forced Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to cancel a planned visit to emergency workers near the Fukushima plant.

And when a hostile media asked what effect more taxes would have on jobs and growth, Mr Kan flipped and flopped, Hatoyama-style.

Some analysts believe that Naoto Kan Please Ozawa refused to quit the party concerned, the Cabinet tarnished image, has been reduced.

If Mr Kan had wanted to show a more tangible break with the past, he could have included more women in his cabinet.

The recommendations may complicate Prime Minister Naoto Kan's efforts to increase government revenue to pay for social welfare programs.

Mr Hatoyama, who stepped down as prime minister in June, had previously lent his support to his successor Mr Kan.

Q: Indian Prime Minister Singh discussed relations with China in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kan during his visit to Japan.

Naoto Kan, Japanese Prime Minister South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the 14th with the signing of a cultural transfer agreement.

"There is a deepening sense that society is at an impasse, " Mr. Kan told an extraordinary session of Japan's parliament convened last week.

A: Premier Wen Jiabao exchanged greetings with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a lounge before attending the East Asia Summit.

Naoto Kan, said Hatoyama agreed with the "confirmation matters" does not include his resignation.

Japan's newly appointed finance minister, Naoto Kan, earlier in the week also declined to rule out bankruptcy as an option for JAL.

Matsumoto's comments and his resulting resignation have increased pressure on Japan's already under fire Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

Wen also met with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, reiterating that the Diaoyu Islands are an inherent part of Chinese territory.

'We aren't out of the crisis situation yet, but we are seeing a light at the end, ' said Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday.

Naoto Kan of the sectarian forces are not strong, Ichiro Ozawa, the party's largest faction is Naoto Kan of the hostile forces.

Strange, then, that Mr Kan turned back, fighting this summer's upper house election on an austerity platform.

An official of the Democratic Party of Japan announces that Prime Minister Naoto Kan has won the party leadership post.

Naoto Kan that deal with nuclear disaster punish poor, should step down the noise has increasing trend.

Mr Kan does himself few favours. Though a canny politician, he is a clumsy speaker, with none of Mr Koizumi's razzmatazz.

Miss Cheung Kan (Asia Pacific Managing Director) : We will continue to see rapid development of China's capital market.

Before Friday's party vote, Mr. Kan vowed to refocus the party on its original goal of ending Japan's two-decade stagnation.

The party's election schedule by the first Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Secretary General Katsuya Okada solely responsible.

From the start, Mr Kan should have declared a state of emergency.

Q: Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said lately that Japan refuses to offer China apologies and compensation for the collision incident.

"The level seems very high, and there is still a very high risk of more radiation coming out, " Kan said.

Because, first, although dogs can be as many to be the play of leisure time, can also help people Kan Wu.

'I thought he was a Japanese citizen, ' Mr. Kan said before the Upper House Budget Committee.

Three of the four Democratic Party candidates to replace Naoto Kan as prime minister have yet to outline plans to contain the national debt.

Counting against Okada is his proximity to the current Cabinet and his failure to quell rising intra-party criticism of Kan.

A: On the inauguration of the new Japanese Cabinet, Premier Wen Jiabao has sent a message of congratulations to Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

Undeterred, however, Mr Kan has stuck to the gamble of his political career.

Zhang Kan Chu Hui heard in a long time ago is in good faith, so much admiration for him.

AMONG the four-character idioms that all Japanese schoolchildren must learn is kan son min pi ( "respect officials, despise the people" ).

Just yesterday, U. S. President (Barack) Obama and (Japanese) Prime Minister Kan agreed to even deepen the bilateral relationship.

'Maybe her answer was too Chinese, ' Kan sighed. 'She said you have to respect the decision of the government policy. '

The controversy over the comments has fueled calls from Mr. Kan's critics for the prime minister to step down.

Naoto Kan, prime minister since then, appeared to be made in the same dismal mould.

Both parties have been emboldened as popular support for the Kan administration has plunged.

The media see his contest with Naoto Kan, current prime minister, as the equivalent of Darth Vader's face-off with Luke Skywalker.

At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos this year, in a well-regarded speech, Kan stressed the need for opening and reform.

Naoto Kan, the new prime minister of Japan, speaks lovingly of aggressive government support for Japanese companies seeking overseas sales.

as a foundation, and then advance it to create' a broader regional free-trade agreement, Mr. Kan said.

A hawkish defense and diplomacy specialist, Maehara has supported Kan's fiscal reconstruction policies of raising the consumption tax.

However, on Sunday, Mr Kan's government waved aside the notion that any order to stop injecting seawater had been given.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan flew to the area earlier Thursday, seeking support from local government officials for the move.

The commencement and discontinuity of the China Japan Kan-He Trade in the Min Dynasty are all related with Japanese pirates.

The loan expansion comes as Prime Minister Naoto Kan prepares a new set of economic stimulus measures.

New Year, the escalation of conflict within the Democratic Party of Japan, Naoto Kan and Ichiro Ozawa, are publicly criticizing each other.

Unlike Mr Kan, he has become a hero of the Twitter world, sending out regular updates to a public hungry for information.

Citing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Mr. Kan said Japan will take up certain trade proposals with the U. S. as soon as possible.

Prime Minister Kan inspected the plant and the rest of the affected region from a helicopter.

Naoto Kan is leaving office in the same way he occupied it: with an unshakeable lack of conviction.

Therefore, Naoto Kan power walking in the new year will be very difficult.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and all cabinet ministers attended the meeting.

Mr Hatoyama named his deputy, Naoto Kan, who has little experience of economic policy, as the new finance minister.

Mr. Kan said there was a risk of large-scale electrical outages because of the electrical power-supply shortage.

By pledging to push for an agricultural overhaul, Mr. Kan is taking on significant political risk.

In the mid-1960s, Betty Hart was a graduate student in child development working at a preschool in Kansas City, Kan.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan admitted Friday his fund-raising organization received donations from a foreign national.

Now, with new prime minister Naoto Kan taking over for Hatoyama, there is a chance for the relationship to improve.

The recent territorial dispute with Chinawas a trying experience for the new government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

The opposition will also exploit suspicions over his use of party funds. Others may challenge Mr Kan for the DPJ leadership in September.

But to prove his reform proposals are the product of conviction and not recklessness, Mr Kan must show courage and leadership.

Kan promised transparent government and pledged improved policies to boost jobs and reinvigorate society.

Naoto Kan, or will invite former Japanese House of Councilors Satsuki as the new Chief Cabinet Secretary.

West Tian Chang Division requires removal of the former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the original position.

The response from Prime Minister Naoto Kan's three-month-old government to the dispute has surprised many foreign-policy experts.

If the opposition blocked the budget, it would have the excuse to demand that Mr Kan stand down.

A: In the discussion between President Obama and Prime Minister Kan yesterday there was talk about the renminbi.

Last month Mr Kan promised to slash five percentage points off the tax in the 2011 budget, which goes before parliament in March.

President Hu, at request, held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan when attending the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that plans are proceeding as scheduled.

From the functional perspective, discourse markers "Ni-kan" and the true semantics verb, cognitive modality are quite different.

Mr. Kan spent his afternoon on a national holiday discussing with his aides North Korea's attack on the South.

A former head of Japan's ruling political party says he will run against Prime Minister Naoto Kan in an upcoming party leadership vote.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has come under fire domestically for appearing to cave in to Chinese demands to release the captain.

"We're under scrutiny on whether we, the Japanese people, can overcome this crisis, " a grim-faced Kan told a Sunday night news conference.

The same day, Mr Kan announced his decision to appoint an investigative panel into the Fukushima chain of accidents.

Mr Kan plans to overhaul social security, giving more credible assurance about the state's ability to pay future benefits.

In a television press conference, Mr Kan said "all possible measures" were being taken to prevent more radiation from escaping.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan reiterated that sharp currency moves cannot be ignored and the government would act decisively as needed.

'You look at your Linked In contacts and think, 'They're not all going to make the journey with me, ' ' says Ms. Kan.

The high command of Mr Kan's party would be staunchly opposed, fearing the DPJ would lose.

It is clear, Yamaguchi adds, that Mr. Kan lacks a sense of crisis about the country's stagnant economy.

The latest survey by the mass circulation Yomiuri newspaper showed Mr Kan and Mr Ozawa running "neck and neck" .

Huang Chang Kan goes, unexpectedly is the tower met meantime going abroad as ambassador a Liao country inside rather general!

Mr Kan himself is keen to improve strained relations with Japan's once-oppressed neighbours, especially South Korea and China.

The continual disarray in Japanese politics threatens to make Kan's attempts to reform the economy even more difficult.

Now the former finance minister (and grandson of two famous pre-war poets) has become Mr Kan's man on tax and pension reform.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and other senior government ministers rushed to an emergency cabinet meeting after Thursday's quake.

Kan Bukan open attachments, Some of the scenes peacemaking.

But Mr Kan had already said this commitment should be scrapped.