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... Yasuhiko have publicly criticized the plans. ⏎ Asō,HatayamaHatoyama's Ties to Anime, Manga, Otaku ⏎...
... ⏎ Even though Asō is better known among otaku,HatayamaHatoyama has linked himself to the fervent side of fandom as...
... a whole has received nationwide. Thanks, dormcat.⏎ Update 2: The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Great Britain offers a detailed look at the intertwined histories of Asō and Hatoyama. Hatoyama's grandfather Ichiro Hatoyama defeated Asō's grandfather Shigeru Yoshida in 1946, but was forced out of power by American occupation authorities due to Yoshida's more pro-Western views. The older Hatoyama then replaced Yoshida in the 1954 election and founded the LDP in 1955. Ironically, the same party that the older Hatoyama founded is the one that the younger Hatoyama left in 1998 and has now removed from power on Sunday. ⏎ Four years ago, declassified CIA documents revealed that extremists had plotted to assassinate Yoshida and install the older Hatoyama as prime minister in 1952. However, the plan failed due to the plotters' "incompetence and factional in-fighting," and there is no evidence that either politician knew about the plan.