About Yasuko Hatoyama
Lived 1922 – 2013 (aged 90). Yasuko Hatoyama was a Japanese politician.
was the wife of former Japanese Foreign Minister Iichirō Hatoyama and mother of former Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama and Diet (Japan's bicameral legislature) member Kunio Hatoyama. Hatoyama funded the establishment of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
Political activities Hatoyama contributed significant amounts of her inheritance to help finance the political and career goals of both her sons.
Death Hatoyama resided in a home for the elderly adjacent to St. Luke's International Hospital in Chuo, Tokyo. She died there on February 11, 2013, at the age of 90. Hatoyama was survived by her two sons, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren at the time of her death.
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Who was Yasuko Hatoyama?
Japanese politician
When was Yasuko Hatoyama born?
Yasuko Hatoyama was born on 11 September 1922 in Fukuoka Prefecture.
When did Yasuko Hatoyama die?
Yasuko Hatoyama died on 11 February 2013 in Tokyo.
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Yasuko Hatoyama was a politician.
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Yasuko Hatoyama was Japanese.
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