Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Japan in 2012, who had previously ended their governmental position prior to 2 September 2011?
Answer(s):
answer: Shinzō Abe

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.03_3d)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.03_3d ns:government.governmental_jurisdiction.governing_officials ?y .
?y ns:government.government_position_held.office_holder ?x .
?y ns:government.government_position_held.basic_title ns:m.060bp .
FILTER(NOT EXISTS {?y ns:government.government_position_held.from ?sk0} || 
EXISTS {?y ns:government.government_position_held.from ?sk1 . 
FILTER(xsd:datetime(?sk1) <= "2012-12-31"^^xsd:dateTime) })
FILTER(NOT EXISTS {?y ns:government.government_position_held.to ?sk2} || 
EXISTS {?y ns:government.government_position_held.to ?sk3 . 
FILTER(xsd:datetime(?sk3) >= "2012-01-01"^^xsd:dateTime) })
?x ns:government.politician.government_positions_held ?c .
?c ns:government.government_position_held.to ?num .
FILTER (?num < "2011-09-02"^^xsd:dateTime) . 
}