Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Naoto Kan speaks to the media at the Prime Minister's...
Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Naoto Kan speaks to the media at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo June 2, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he and his powerful party No. 2 would resign after a slide in the polls threatened their party's chances in an election expected next month, pushing the yen to a two-week low against the dollar. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)