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Kazuo's husband, [[Kazuo Hatoyama]] was speaker of the House of Representatives of the [[Diet of Japan]] from 1896 to 1897 during the [[Meiji era]].<ref name="asiatimesbackground">[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/KH29Dh01.html "Japan on the brink of a new era"], ''[[Asia Times]]'', August 29, 2009.</ref> Kazuo later served as the president of [[Waseda University]].<ref name="asiatimesbackground"/>
Kazuo's husband, [[Kazuo Hatoyama]], was speaker of the House of Representatives of the [[Diet of Japan]] from 1896 to 1897 during the [[Meiji era]].<ref name="asiatimesbackground">[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/KH29Dh01.html "Japan on the brink of a new era"], ''[[Asia Times]]'', August 29, 2009.</ref> Kazuo later served as the president of [[Waseda University]].<ref name="asiatimesbackground"/>


[[File:Statues of Kazuo and Haruko Hatoyama.jpg|thumb|left|Bronze bust of Kazuo paired with bronze seatedfigure of Haruko Hatoyama in the garden of [[Hatoyama Hall]] in Tokyo.]]
[[File:Statues of Kazuo and Haruko Hatoyama.jpg|thumb|left|Bronze bust of Kazuo paired with bronze seatedfigure of Haruko Hatoyama in the garden of [[Hatoyama Hall]] in Tokyo.]]

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Haruko Hatoyama

Haruko Hatoyama (鳩山 春子, 1863–1938) was a Japanese educator of the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods, and the matriarchal head of the prominent Japanese Hatoyama political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family." [1]. She was a co-founder of what is today Kyoritsu Women's University. Her husband was politician Kazuo Hatoyama.

Family

Kazuo's husband, Kazuo Hatoyama, was speaker of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan from 1896 to 1897 during the Meiji era.[2] Kazuo later served as the president of Waseda University.[2]

Bronze bust of Kazuo paired with bronze seatedfigure of Haruko Hatoyama in the garden of Hatoyama Hall in Tokyo.

Politician progeny

Her son is former Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama, who founded and was the first president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[2]

Her grandson was former Foreign Minister Iichirō Hatoyama. Her great-grandson Kunio Hatoyama served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications under Prime Minister Taro Aso until June 12, 2009.

Her great-grandson Yukio Hatoyama is the Prime Minister-elect of Japan, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and represents the 9th district of Hokkaidō in the House of Representatives. Yukio is set to become the next Prime Minister of Japan in September 2009[needs update], following a win by the opposition coalition in the 2009 elections.

References

  1. ^ Suzuki, Miwa (2009-08-24). "Japan's first lady hopeful an outgoing TV lifestyle guru". Agence France-Presse. France 24. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Japan on the brink of a new era", Asia Times, August 29, 2009.