This word looked like it might trip up 11-year-old Vanya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kan.
All together, seven DPJ Dietmen have formally or informally declared their candidacy to succeed Kan.
His style is consensus-building, his decision-making less unilateral and impetuous than Kan or, particularly, Hatoyama.
Mr. Kan recalled that exchange with bemusement, saying nuclear power wasn't even part of that discussion.
Sitting with the first lady tonight was Steve Hewitt, the city manager of Greensburg, Kan.
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Hatoyama and Kan are both 49, and most others range between 27 and 55.
In the next few weeks (or possibly days), Prime Minister Kan Naoto will announce his resignation.
Garmin, which is based in the Cayman Islands but has its operational headquarters in Olathe, Kan.
Robert Dole (R-Kan.) acted correctly in quitting the Senate to run full-time for president.
But so far, though PM Kan has urged participation, it is still not officially in.
The Kan government estimated recovery and reconstruction costs of JPY 19 trillion over five years.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan ordered residents within 30 kilometers of the Fukushima plant to stay home.
Mr Kan's conditions put the ball back in the LDP's court, but not for long.
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Mr Kan's biggest drawback is that, unlike Mr Koizumi at the time, he is not popular.
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Farmer only has one full-time employee in his small, shared office in Kansas City, Kan.
Many in Mr Kan's own party, as well as the opposition, reject any tax increase.
"Public disappointment is now so deep that Kan alone cannot restore voters' confidence, " he said.
Seiji Maehara, the new foreign minister in Mr Kan's government, is on the party's realist wing.
Michael Rzesztko, a senior technical specialist at systems integrator BV Solutions Group, in Overland Park, Kan.
This June, Third Street is scheduled to be renamed Keady Way in Larned, Kan.
So while he is in Japan, the Vice President will meet with Prime Minister Kan.
Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), a sponsor of the Sudan Peace Act, and Rep. Frank R.
The DPJ is led by Kan Naoto, whom opinion polls consistently show is Japan's most popular politician.
"We'd always dreamed of being stock contractors, " says Michelle Simpson, a 48-year-old insurance-company analyst from Grantville, Kan.
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"The costs here are too high, " says Sit Hoi Kan, general manager of Hong Kong's World Textile.
Robert Dole (R-Kan.), who backed the measure, and President Bill Clinton, who will likely veto the measure.
"We were always a few steps faster than the others, " says First Eastern managing director Elizabeth Kan.
At the press conference, Kan also apologized for the long-standing policy of increasing reliance on nuclear power.
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"Professional storm chasers I don't have a problem with, " said Sheriff Glen Kochanowski of Saline County, Kan.
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In a speech to DPJ members on Friday, Mr Kan said rebuilding the economy was his priority.
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