Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan

Japanese Prime Minister <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT00007713" title="Naoto Kan" href="/topic/politics/government/naoto-kan-PEPLT00007713.topic">Naoto Kan</a> delivers a speech during a meeting of the ruling Democratic Party of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO000001" title="Japan" href="/topic/intl/japan-PLGEO000001.topic">Japan</a> (DPJ) lower house members before a no-confidence motion against the prime minister in Tokyo on June 2, 2011. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kansurvived a no-confidence motion brought by the conservative opposition after he pledged to step down once the country has recovered from the March 11 <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVWAN00003" title="Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)" href="/topic/disasters-accidents/earthquakes/tsunamis/japan-earthquake-tsunami-%282011%29-EVWAN00003.topic">quake</a>.
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( TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images / June 2, 2011 )

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan delivers a speech during a meeting of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lower house members before a no-confidence motion against the prime minister in Tokyo on June 2, 2011. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kansurvived a no-confidence motion brought by the conservative opposition after he pledged to step down once the country has recovered from the March 11 quake.

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