Mizuho Fukushima, secretary general of the Social Democratic

JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 16: Mizuho Fukushima, secretary general of the Social Democratic Party of Japan and minister for consumer affairs and birthrate issues, is surrounded by reporters as she arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Yukio Hatoyama became prime minister of Japan, tasked with reversing two decades of financial and social malaise that has undermined the country's position as the world's second-biggest economy. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)