 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Yukio Hatoyama neDPJ vakauya kuzotonga mushure mekukunda kwavo musarudzo dza2009 dzakaitika kare. DPJ yakawana zvigaro zvinopfuura 300 zveImba yeVamiriri musarudzo uye yakapa kukundwa kwakaipisisa kwehurumende iripo munhoroondo yemazuva ano yeJapan kuLDP. Hatoyama akapinda muhofisi nehuwandu hwepamusoro hwekufarirwa pakati pekutarisira kukuru kwevanhu kuti vawanezve hupfumi hwakakanganiswa neGreat Recession uye kugadzirisa zvematongerwo enyika zveJapan. Iyi kariro dzakakwirira dzakabetsera kuderera mukufarirwa kwehurumende. Hurumende yakava isingafarirwi zvikuru pashure pokunge yatyora chipikirwa chayo chokuronga kuvhara nhandare yendege yeAmerica muOkinawa. Hatoyama pakutanga akafamba kuti avhare hwaro pashure pesarudzo, asi akakurumidza kumanikidza hurumende yeAmerica. Hatoyama akataurawo nezvekuwedzera kwekunetsana muKorea Peninsula zvichitevera kunyura kweSouth Korean Navy corvette Cheonansechinhu chakabetsera kuchengeta hwaro. Kudonha kwakapfuurira muhurumende yekubvumirwa kwehurumende kwakatungamirira kugadziriro yaHatoyama musi wa 2 June 2010. 