
Episode 481 - The Dynasty, Part 4
History of Japan
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The History of the Hatoyama Family
There has been a Hatoyama somewhere in the diet from 1892 to 1912, 1915 to 1959, and 1974 to the present day. The family seems like it's primarily been used as an ideological totem to prop up one cause or another. And that, when you really get down to it, is what political dynasties are all about.
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