      is a japanese politician, and former prime minister of japan. in june 2010, then-finance minister kan was elected as the leader of the democratic party of japan (dpj) and designated prime minister by the diet to succeed yukio hatoyama. kan was the first prime minister of japan since the resignation of junichiro koizumi in 2006 to serve for more than 1 year, with predec
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