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Yukio Hatoyama Elected Japanese PM

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, was elected prime minister of Japan in a majority vote at the special Diet session held on Sept. 16.

This resulted in a formal launch of the Hatoyama Cabinet on the same day.

Earlier, the Aso Cabinet resigned en masse.