The newly ruling Democratic Party of Japan ran in part on a platform that advocated a more assertive policy toward the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Democratic Party of Japan won a historic election in August, in part by calling for a review of that 2006 agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

But the party's popularity has dropped,in part because of a big financial deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30