{"id":1199,"date":"2009-09-21T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2010-07-06T18:35:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T23:35:15","slug":"prime-minister-hatoyama-sings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/?p=1199","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Hatoyama Sings!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan’s new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is promising to reform Japanese politics, create economic growth and bring the country into a new age… but did you know he can sing as well?<\/p>\n

In 1988, Hatoyama recorded a single called “Take HEART – Fly, Dove of Peace”, a tune with distinctly hippie overtones.<\/p>\n

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The original songwriter found himself surprised by the newfound publicity this song is getting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never imagined that there would be a day when this tune would come into the spotlight,\u201d said Teruaki Asanuma, a 65-year-old dentist in the Hokkaido city of Muroran who wrote the song at Hatoyama\u2019s request.<\/p>\n

Only a short recording session was required, Asanuma recalled, adding that he thought Hatoyama was \u201cquite accustomed to singing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The title of the song plays on the similarity in sound between “hato” (dove), the first part of Hatoyama’s surname, and “heart,” according to Asanuma. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow I hope he will help to guide everyone to happiness as suggested in the lyrics of the song,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

–Via Japanator<\/a> and Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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