Japanese PM Set To Top Music Charts?
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama could be a hit in the nation's music charts after a pop song he recorded more than two decades ago was re-released.
The 62-year-old's CD, Take Heart - Tobitate Heiwa no Tori yo (Take Heart - Fly, Dove of Peace), is being given a prominent display in shops across the country.
The newly-elected leader recorded the song 22 years ago, Kyodo News said.
"I very much like both the lyrics and melody. But I think I'm a better singer now," Mr Hatoyama said, before the track's re-release.
According to Teichiku Entertainment, the song was initially made into a record in the summer of 1987.
Just a year before, the future leader had been elected to the House of Representatives for the first time.
Although about 100 records were produced, they were never sold and had been presented to his supporters in 1989.
The song caught the media's attention after Mr Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan won a landslide victory in the country's recent Lower House election.
source: Sky News Online