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Inherited influence: Politics continues to be a hereditary business in Japan
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Mr Kiichiro Hatoyama (top left in poster), the son of former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, is among five candidates vying for the Tokyo No 2 district seat in Japan’s general election on Oct 27.
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TOKYO – Honest about his roots, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba admitted he rode on his father’s coattails to political success.
“It is undeniably true that I would not have been elected without the name recognition of my father,” the 67-year-old said in an interview in September. “But it is definitely not true that all next-generation politicians are incompetent.”
