Testing Times: Yoshihiko Noda As Japan’s New Prime Minister
Bert Edström
Another day, another prime minister for Japan. Yoshihiko Noda was elected despite little support according to opinion polls. Yet the low expectations for the country’s sixth PM in almost as many years may be just the thing that holds him in power.
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