鳩山には厳しい記事だが、読んでいる方は分かり易くてすっきりする。
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/world/asia/02japan.html?ref=world
Since taking office in September, he had come to be seen as an indecisive leader.
Mr. Hatoyama is the fourth Japanese prime minister to resign in four years, ...
The contention over the American base, which dragged on for months, was emblematic of Mr. Hatoyama’s inability to make up his mind, or follow through on ambitious campaign promises.
The Democrats failed to deliver on a number of pledges, from eliminating highway tolls to finding enough savings from cutting waste to finance new subsidies like cash allowances for families with children. Instead, the spending ended up raising concerns that Japan’s ballooning deficit could one day lead to a Greek-style financial collapse.
During the election campaign, he had drawn attention by pledging to end Japan’s postwar dependence on the United States, and to build closer ties with China and the rest of Asia.
indecisive
inability
could one day lead to a Greek-style finanical collapse