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Husband not fit for job, says Japan PM's wife
AP, Jul 23, 2010, 11.52pm
TOKYO: In a new book, the wife of Japan’s prime minister Naoto Kan questions whether he is fit for the nation's top job and suggests his tenure might be short-lived.
In “You are Prime Minister, So What Will Change in Japan?” which was released this week, first lady Nobuko Kan lists a host of her husband’s shortcomings, from his failure to do any housework to his hot temper. But it also depicts the premier, who took the job in June, as a caring father of two sons. And when he speaks spontaneously, he can be inspiring, she says. But not when he reads his speeches.
Kan, 63, has often called his wife “the opposition at home.'' Asked by reporters about the book, Kan said he was too scared to read it. The book comes as Kan struggles to revive sagging public support after his ruling party suffered a heavy defeat in upper house elections.
Nobuko says her husband became PM “by chance” and that it felt “unreal” he had the position.
“I cannot help feeling a sense of wrongness” about Kan being prime minister, she said. “Since I've known him so well, I ask myself whether this person is right for prime minister.”
She even suggests that Kan’s tenure as leader might be short-lived: When the first couple moved into the prime minister's residence, Nobuko only brought summer clothes. “Depending on the outcome of September's party election, we may have to quickly pack up and leave,” she said.
AP, Jul 23, 2010, 11.52pm
TOKYO: In a new book, the wife of Japan’s prime minister Naoto Kan questions whether he is fit for the nation's top job and suggests his tenure might be short-lived.
In “You are Prime Minister, So What Will Change in Japan?” which was released this week, first lady Nobuko Kan lists a host of her husband’s shortcomings, from his failure to do any housework to his hot temper. But it also depicts the premier, who took the job in June, as a caring father of two sons. And when he speaks spontaneously, he can be inspiring, she says. But not when he reads his speeches.
Kan, 63, has often called his wife “the opposition at home.'' Asked by reporters about the book, Kan said he was too scared to read it. The book comes as Kan struggles to revive sagging public support after his ruling party suffered a heavy defeat in upper house elections.
Nobuko says her husband became PM “by chance” and that it felt “unreal” he had the position.
“I cannot help feeling a sense of wrongness” about Kan being prime minister, she said. “Since I've known him so well, I ask myself whether this person is right for prime minister.”
She even suggests that Kan’s tenure as leader might be short-lived: When the first couple moved into the prime minister's residence, Nobuko only brought summer clothes. “Depending on the outcome of September's party election, we may have to quickly pack up and leave,” she said.
