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...politicians he kicked out of office. The Hatoyamas are the bluest of bluebloods, with a long history in politics and big business. (His father served as Foreign Minister, while his mother's family founded tire giant Bridgestone.) The most unusual thing about him may be his wife Miyuki, who created an international stir by revealing she believed her soul was abducted by aliens and taken to Venus. Ironically, however, it is Hatoyama himself who is widely known as "the alien," the genesis of which has been credited to his often cryptic turns of phrase that leave Japanese guessing about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change in Tokyo: Hatoyama's Bid for Respect | 4/19/2010 | See Source »

Over the years, thousands have stepped forward to claim they've seen - or been abducted by - UFOs. Among these witnesses are more than a few famous names. Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of the current Japanese Prime Minister, wrote in a 2008 autobiography that one night while she was sleeping "my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus." (Her soul was later returned.) U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich provided one of the oddest moments in the tumultuous 2008 presidential elections when he affirmed in a televised debate that in the 1980s, he and actress Shirley MacLaine witnessed an unidentified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UFOs | 12/17/2009 | See Source »

...dollar fell to a 14-year low against the yen, triggering concerns that the currency could start to unravel progress that stimulus spending has made on the economy this year, in part by wreaking havoc on export competitiveness. (See the top 10 colorful spouses, including Miyuki Hatoyama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Japan's Latest Attempt to Boost Its Economy Won't Work | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

Bulldogs’ forward Miyuki Hino scored off a header to tie the game, and her teammate Becky Brown put away a loose ball to give Yale a 2-1 edge with 38 minutes remaining...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Beats Yale, Stays Perfect in Ivies | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...when she met Yukio Hatoyama, who is a veritable Japanese Kennedy (his grandfather, Ichiro Hatoyama, was Prime Minister and his father served as Foreign Minister). At the time, Hatoyama was getting his graduate degree in engineering at Stanford University. In a recent interview in the weekly Japanese magazine Aera, Miyuki said Hatoyama was surprised by his own passionate side when he met her; she said that he stayed on in America to do his Ph D. because of her. After she divorced her first husband, the two married in San Francisco in 1975. They have a son, Kiichiro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's First Lady: Introducing 'Mrs. Occult' | 9/7/2009 | See Source »

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